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Written question asked by Heidi Allen (Independent (affiliation)) on Monday, 30 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 October 2019. It was answered by Will Quince (Conservative) on Monday, 7 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Universal Credit

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit payments were subject to a deduction for child maintenance arrears.

Answer

For eligible Universal Credit claims with a payment due in May 2019 (the latest month of available data) 0.6% [11,000 claims] had a deduction for child maintenance arrears.

Notes

- Number of claims rounded to nearest 1000.

- Percentage rounded to nearest 0.1%


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
292318
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Children Deductions Arrears Maintenance Payments Universal credit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk