Question follow-through · 16299
Universal Credit: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has identified processing errors where housing cost increases under Universal Credit have resulted in a reduction of a claimant's payment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 6 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has identified processing errors where housing cost increases under Universal Credit have resulted in a reduction of a claimant's payment.
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Department has not identified processing errors that have caused increases in eligible housing costs under Universal Credit to reduce a claimant’s overall award.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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