Social Security Benefits Uprating ( Correction to WMS)
(Limited Text - Ministerial Extracts only)
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The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb)
I wish to inform the House that an error has been identified in the wording of the written ministerial statement tabled on Monday 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 4WS, on the subject of social security benefits uprating. The error was in the description used in the section of the table of rates for the benefit cap in universal credit (monthly). I wish to apologise to the House for this inadvertent error. The rest of the information contained in the written ministerial statement remains correct.
The extract below shows the relevant text that is incorrect.
Benefit Cap | ||
|---|---|---|
In Housing Benefit (weekly rate) | ||
Couples and lone parents | 500.00 | 500.00 |
Single persons without children | 350.00 | 350.00 |
In Universal Credit (monthly rate) | ||
Joint claimants and single claimants with children | 2167.00 | 2167.00 |
Joint claimants and single claimants without children | 1517.00 | 1517.00 |
The correct wording should have been:
Benefit Cap | ||
|---|---|---|
In Housing Benefit (weekly rate) | ||
Couples and lone parents | 500.00 | 500.00 |
Single persons without children | 350.00 | 350.00 |
In Universal Credit (monthly rate) | ||
Joint claimants and single claimants with children | 2167.00 | 2167.00 |
Single claimants without children | 1517.00 | 1517.00 |