| Heading: |
Universal Credit: Inflation |
| Question ID: |
1788586 |
| UIN: |
HL6131 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4234 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
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Baroness Lister of Burtersett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Sherlock on 18 March (HL Deb col 1203), whether the above-inflation increase in the standard rate of Universal Credit by the end of this Parliament represents an above-inflation increase |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4147 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Sherlock
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| Answering Member handle: |
MaeveSherlock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@MaeveSherlock
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| Answer text: |
The announced increase in the standard allowance will see an above inflation increase in every year from 2026/27 to the end of Parliament. The proposed increases are inflation (measured by CPI), plus: 2.3% in 2026/27, 3.1% in 2027/28, 4.0% in 2028/29 and ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |