PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit: Coronavirus (23 September 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the £20 uplift to universal credit in response to covid-19 outbreak.
Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
Answer
The cost will be dependent on the volumes anticipated to claim Universal Credit during the period to March 21. The Office for Budget Responsibility will be publishing its assessment of this in due course as part of its Autumn forecast.
Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
1 October 2020
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