(asked on 12th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 7 July 2021, when she plans for all universal credit claimants to have been sent a letter informing them that the £20 uplift to the standard allowance will be removed on 30 September 2021.


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Will Quince
This question was answered on 15th July 2021

The Government has always been clear that the £20 increase was a temporary measure to support households affected by the economic shock of Covid-19. The Chancellor announced a temporary six-month extension to the £20 per week uplift at the Budget on 3 March.

Claimants will be notified ahead of this change to the temporary uplift. The details of this process are currently being finalised.

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