PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit: Reviews (29 November 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the risk of poverty among universal credit claimants whose payments are suspended whilst their case is with the Universal Credit Risk Review Department.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

Any decision by the Risk Review Team to suspend a claim to benefit is not made lightly. Suspending a claim would be a last resort, based on the risk that a person may not be entitled to receive a benefit payment.

Should a claim be suspended, once the Risk Review Team is in possession of all material requested and a decision is made that a person is entitled to benefit, then any suspension can be lifted immediately.

Answered by:
David Rutley (Conservative)
7 December 2021