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

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting survivors of domestic abuse from repaying advances of Universal Credit payments.

Asked by:
Tom Hayes (Labour)

Answer

No assessment has been made of exempting survivors of domestic abuse from repaying advances of Universal Credit payments. However, the Government is committed to reviewing Universal Credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty.


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

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