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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-03-28more like thismore than 2022-03-28
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading Universal Credit: Refugees more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to (a) disregard property in Ukraine from any capital calculations for Ukrainian refugees applying for universal credit and (b) provide further exemptions from any capital calculations for Ukrainian refugees applying for universal credit. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
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Wera Hobhouse more like this
uin 148320 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-04-05more like thismore than 2022-04-05
answer text <p>The emergency regulations laid on Monday 21 March 2022 ensure Ukrainian evacuees can access Universal Credit and jobs support immediately. Each claim for benefit will be assessed individually and as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>Available capital in the form of savings and investments will be taken into account in the normal way. Legislation already provides for capital assets held overseas only to be taken into account on the basis of their market value: clearly assets such as property owned in Ukraine have no market value at the current time.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Macclesfield more like this
answering member printed David Rutley more like this
question first answered
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answering member
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label Biography information for David Rutley more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse remove filter