Universal Credit

(asked on 12th December 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had deductions from their universal credit of (a) 20 per cent for a single debt as a result of (i) a utility company bill, (ii) council tax arrears and (iii) other liabilities and (b) 30 per cent for two such debts.


Answered by
Lord Sharma Portrait
Lord Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 20th December 2018

The Department does not have access to data outlining third party deductions by deduction type. As such, to provide this data would incur disproportionate cost.

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