PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse (4 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will introduce separate Universal Credit payments by default to help ensure domestic abuse perpetrators cannot gain control over joint household income.

Asked by:
Tom Hayes (Labour)

The Department have no plans to introduce separate Universal Credit payments by default. Where domestic violence has been reported split payments can be made.

Answered by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
14 October 2024