Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Roger Godsiff (Labour), on Tuesday, 10 July 2018, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 26 members in total.

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UNIVERSAL CREDIT AND BANKING ID

That this House views with concern the problems currently experienced by many vulnerable universal credit (UC) applicants, particularly those in hostel accommodation and living with mental health problems, providing acceptable ID to banks for the purposes of establishing a bank account which is a condition of receipt of UC; notes that the Statement available on the universal credit website is proving not to be acceptable for these purposes to banks in a way that historical legacy proof of benefit letters were accepted; further notes that the Department of Work and Pensions is aware of these problems but has yet to schedule any remedy; and welcomes the existence of the Payment Exception Service to enable clients to receive cash vouchers with UC payments, but believes that this adds further unnecessary pressure and stress to those in situations who need it least.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1505 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Kelvin Hopkins

Mary Glindon

Jonathan Edwards

Chris Stephens

Sandy Martin

Subjects

Bank services Proof of identity Universal credit

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk