A question on #UniversalCredit tabled by Baroness Coffey on 12-06-2025 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock.

Heading: Universal Credit
Question ID: 1812447
UIN: HL8401
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-06-12
Asking Member ID: 4098
Asking Member display name: Baroness Coffey
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Baroness Coffey
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government how many households with children have an income of £35,000 or more and receive Universal Credit.
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Date answered: 2025-06-26
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4147
Answering Member display name: Baroness Sherlock
Answering Member handle: MaeveSherlock
Answering Member Twitter reference: @MaeveSherlock
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Answer text: In November 2024, 220,000 out of 2.9m Universal Credit households with children that were paid an amount of Universal Credit had earnings that, according to publicly available tax and salary calculations, were equivalent to an annual salary of £35,000 a y...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true