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Debate between Mark Pawsey and Greg Smith
Monday 5th December 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Pawsey Portrait Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)
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7. What assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the universal credit taper rate on the levels of people’s incomes.

Greg Smith Portrait Greg Smith (Buckingham) (Con)
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11. What assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the universal credit taper rate on the levels of people’s incomes.

Guy Opperman Portrait The Minister for Employment (Guy Opperman)
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We reduced the earnings taper to 55% last December and we increased the work allowance by £500 a year. As a consequence, 1.7 million households will benefit from these measures, which mean that they keep, on average, around an extra £1,000 a year. That encourages in-work progression as claimants are clearly better off in work.

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