| Heading: |
Universal Credit |
| Question ID: |
1818273 |
| UIN: |
64129 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5071 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Paul Waugh
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Paul Waugh
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the five-week wait for Universal Credit on (a) debt and (b) poverty levels. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-10 |
| 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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| Answer text: |
We are reviewing Universal Credit, to make sure it is doing the job we want it to. We are committed to considering how we can support people during the Initial Assessment Period, often referred to as the 5-week wait, before they receive their first paymen... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |