PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit: Domestic Abuse (2 July 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the risk of a link between the introduction of universal credit and levels of domestic violence.
Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)
Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)
Answer
No such assessment is planned. There are safeguards in place in Universal Credit to ensure that we have the ability to split payments between partners in cases of domestic violence, allowing each claimant to receive a separate payment.
Answered by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
9 July 2014
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