| Heading: |
Universal Credit: Uprating |
| Question ID: |
1812509 |
| UIN: |
59841 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5047 |
| Asking Member display name: |
James Naish
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
James Naish
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the annual uprating of benefits does not result in a net loss of income for vulnerable claimants who are subject to transition |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-23 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
There has been no assessment on the rules relating to Universal Credit’s Transitional Protection. Transitional Protection protects benefit entitlement levels at the point of moving to Universal Credit. It is a temporary measure to maintain benefit entitle... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |