Question follow-through · 37438
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment on the potential merits of reviewing Universal Credit rates to provide a protected minimum amount of support based on the cost of essentials.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 14 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment on the potential merits of reviewing Universal Credit rates to provide a protected minimum amount of support based on the cost of essentials.
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Mar 2025
Answer published
There are currently no plans to make such an assessment. The Government recognises the critical role Universal Credit has to play in tackling poverty and making work pay and has already taken steps to help those in need.The Fair Repayment Rate, to be intr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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