A question on #UniversalCredit #InformationSharing tabled by James Naish on 21-05-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Universal Credit: Information Sharing
Question ID: 1805231
UIN: 54053
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-21
Asking Member ID: 5047
Asking Member display name: James Naish
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Asking Member Twitter reference: James Naish
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) social impact of enabling Universal Credit recipients to share their benefit data with consent with regulated third pa
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Date answered: 2025-06-06
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Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
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Answer text: Customers can choose to share their information with third parties, including Universal Credit statements. As a modern digital service Universal Credit is iterated all the time. We are always looking to make improvements to the design and build. Universal...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
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