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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 |
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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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Correcting Member display name: |
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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... |
Original answer text: |
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Comparable answer text: |
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Answering body ID: |
29 |
Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
Tweeted: |
true |