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.


Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
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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