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min date	2014-06-18
min answer › question first answered	2018-12-10T18:17:56.583Z
answer › attachment › title	HL3573 attachment
registered interest	false
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits

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21/11/2022

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Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Social Security Benefits

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	pref label	House of Lords

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To ask His Majesty's Government how much the threshold for (1) income support, (2) income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, (3) income-related Employment and Support Allowance, (4) housing benefit, (5) child tax credits, and (6) pension credits, has increased (a) in line with inflation, and (b) in monetary terms, each year since 1997.

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Baroness Altmann

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is ministerial correction

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05/12/2022

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For the benefits listed there are many different rates. The tables in the spreadsheet attached show a selection of illustrative examples for each benefit in both cash and real terms. Child Tax Credits are administered by HMRC and are not a DWP responsibility. Rates are therefore not provided here.

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Baroness Stedman-Scott

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05/12/2022 17:55:29

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	label	Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott

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	file name	Benefit Rate Tables 1997-2021.xlsx
	title	HL3573 attachment

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	label	Biography information for Baroness Altmann