Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 182576 on Universal Credit: Deductions, if he will publish an updated version of Table 1 - Deductions to Universal Credit household awards containing data for each of the 12 months from March 2022 to February 2023.

The primary aim of the Universal Credit deductions policy is to protect vulnerable claimants by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of essential services. In recent years, the standard UC deduction cap has been reduced twice – from 40% to 30% of the Standard Allowance in October 2019, and down to 25% in April 2021.

The requested information is provided in the separate spreadsheet.