Universal Credit

(asked on 11th July 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information is required by his Department to allow the payment of universal credit into a credit union account; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Esther McVey Portrait
Esther McVey
This question was answered on 21st July 2014

Universal Credit can currently be paid into a Credit Union current account and claimants would need to provide an individual account number and sort code. We plan to be in a position to make UC payments into any type of Credit Union account at a future date.

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