A question on #UniversalCredit tabled by Sir Julian Lewis on 20-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Universal Credit
Question ID: 1814955
UIN: 61479
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-20
Asking Member ID: 54
Asking Member display name: Sir Julian Lewis
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Sir Julian Lewis
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Trussell document entitled Guarantee our essentials, published in June 2025, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the re
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Date answered: 2025-06-25
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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: No assessment has been made.Subject to Parliamentary approval, the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill legislates for the first sustained above inflation rise in the basic rate of Universal Credit since it was introduced. This increase...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
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