Universal Credit

(asked on 6th July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will equalise the amount of Universal Credit payable to employees and self-employed people who have the same annual income.


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Priti Patel
This question was answered on 9th July 2015

Universal Credit is assessed on a monthly basis and is based either on the earnings someone actually received in that month, or where relevant for a self-employed claimant, the minimum income floor.

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