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min answer › question first answered	2019-05-21T13:43:49.577Z
uin	255340
max answer › date of answer	2019-05-21

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uin

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is ministerial correction

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1127116

registered interest

date

16/05/2019

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Universal Credit

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the effect of the 5-week wait for the first payment of universal credit on (a) a claimant’s level of (i) debt and (ii) rent arrears and (b) the finances of disabled claimants.

tabling member constituency

Wirral West

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Margaret Greenwood

uin

255340

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

21/05/2019

answer text

<p>No one has to wait 5 weeks for their first payment of Universal Credit. Advances are available from the first day of a valid claim, if required, to support claimants.</p>

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Reading West

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Alok Sharma

question first answered

21/05/2019 15:59:56

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4014

	label	Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma

tabling member

4400

	label	Biography information for Margaret Greenwood