Written question asked by Paul Sweeney (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 December 2017 (named day). It was answered by Damian Hinds (Conservative) on Monday, 18 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Universal Credit
- Question
-
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the roll-out of universal credit on levels of personal debt.
- Answer
-
The Government has taken a number of steps to reduce the risk of problem debt, including capping payday lending costs and promoting savings.
Within Universal Credit, we also have interest free advances and a system of priority deductions to help claimants who have got into arrears.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 119192
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Debts Universal credit
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2017-12-18 18:22:59 +0000
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2017-19/119192
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2017-19/119192
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2017-19/119192