Universal Credit: Wales

(asked on 27th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the effect on universal credit claimants of the Welsh Government's Winter Fuel Support Scheme Payment being classed as salary.


Answered by
David Rutley Portrait
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 1st February 2022

No such discussions have taken place.

These payments are not treated as salary, but as capital, and are unlikely to affect entitlement to Universal Credit, as claimants need have capital in excess of £6,000 before the capital causes their Universal Credit to be reduced.

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