Universal Credit

(asked on 17th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the cost estimated by her Department for turning the universal credit advance loan to a grant is predicated on the grant being made on the claimant having qualified for universal credit.


Answered by
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Will Quince
This question was answered on 22nd June 2020

The Department uses internal advances modelling which is based on inputs from the Department’s INFORM and Policy Simulation Models.

Costs estimated only include claimants who are deemed eligible for payment.

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