Question follow-through · 69002
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending transitional protection under Universal Credit to include couples who form a household which becomes eligible for Unive
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending transitional protection under Universal Credit to include couples who form a household which becomes eligible for Unive
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jul 2025
Answer published
No assessment has been made. Transitional Protection was introduced as part of the Move to UC journey to ensure legacy benefit customers maintain the same level of entitlement on moving to UC at the point of transition. Transitional protection is consider...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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