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min answer › question first answered	2019-09-09T10:54:46.023Z
hansard heading	Universal Credit
answer › answering member › label	Biography information for Paul Maynard

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18/03/2024

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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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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the maximum benefit deduction rate for people on Universal Credit.

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Mitcham and Morden

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Dame Siobhain McDonagh

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18958

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is ministerial correction

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25/03/2024

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The primary aim of the deductions in Universal Credit is to protect claimants by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of essential services. Making deductions from a claimant’s benefit is a cost effective and efficient mechanism to recover third party debt and benefit debt. Regulations protect claimants from excessive deductions. There are limits set for individual deduction items, there is also an overall deduction cap set at 25% of standard allowance, although where necessary to support the claimant, this can be exceeded for rent and fuel debts.

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Blackpool North and Cleveleys

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Paul Maynard

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25/03/2024 12:02:48

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	label	Biography information for Paul Maynard

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	label	Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh