Question follow-through · 117569
Universal Credit: Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of commissioning independent advice on the cost of essentials when setting the rate of the Universal Credit Standard Allowance.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of commissioning independent advice on the cost of essentials when setting the rate of the Universal Credit Standard Allowance.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government has taken important steps to improve the support available to help people with the cost of essentials. The Universal Credit Act will deliver the first sustained above inflation rise in the standard allowance of Universal Credit since it was...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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