Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her letter to all hon. Members on 6 October 2022 entitled Changes to Universal Credit Administrative Earnings Threshold Level, whether those changes apply to all parts of the UK.

The changes to the Universal Credit Administrative Earnings Threshold as referred to in the letter of 6 October 2022 apply to the whole of the UK.

The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and the Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 both came into force on 26^th September 2022 to ensure that the changes applied to Northern Ireland as well as Great Britain.