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Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Northern Ireland |
| Question ID: |
1819127 |
| UIN: |
64799 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4857 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Carla Lockhart
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| Asking Member handle: |
carlalockhart
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@carlalockhart
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) Universal Credit and (b) PIP awards in Northern Ireland will remain indexed to inflation until 2029-30 under proposed welfare reforms. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-11 |
| 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: |
Social security is a transferred matter in NI, but there is a long-standing principle of parity between the social security systems of the Northern Ireland Executive and that of the UK Government. In line with this principle, the Universal Credit Bill mak... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |