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answer › question first answered	2022-02-11T14:29:28.86Z
min answer › date of answer	2019-05-22
answer › attachment › title	Attachment
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions

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is ministerial correction

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1419575

registered interest

date

03/02/2022

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: Disqualification

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were suspended in each month from January 2016 to February 2021.

tabling member constituency

Edmonton

tabling member printed

Kate Osamor

uin

117855

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

11/02/2022

answer text

The increase in suspensions seen from 2020, particularly in May and June 2020 could be attributed to the rapid increase in claims to UC during the Covid pandemic when there were over 10 times the usual number of claims made. Over 550,000 claims for Universal Credit were made in each week ending 26 March and 2 April 2020 compared to an average of 54,000 claims per week before the first national lockdown. The requested information is provided in the attached spreadsheet.

answering member constituency

Macclesfield

answering member printed

David Rutley

question first answered

11/02/2022 14:29:28

answering member

4033

label	Biography information for David Rutley

attachment

1

file name	PQ117855 - Suspended UC Claims.xlsx
title	Attachment

tabling member

4515

label	Biography information for Kate Osamor