PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit: Personal Income (15 June 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on claimants of suspending the minimum income floor during the covid-19 outbreak.
Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)
Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)
Answer
In response to the pandemic, the Government acted quickly to implement an unprecedented package of support package to protect millions of jobs and incomes. This included the temporary suspension of the Minimum Income Floor (MIF) for all self-employed Universal Credit (UC) claimants. No assessment of the suspension of the MIF has been made.
Answered by:
Mims Davies (Conservative)
24 June 2021
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