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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-17more like thisremove minimum value filter
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 Social Security Benefits: Armed Forces more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost of disregarding in full compensation awarded to wounded service people and veterans under the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation schemes as income under (a) Income Support, (b) Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, (c) Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, (d) Working Tax Credit and (d) Pension Credit. more like this
tabling member constituency Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport more like this
tabling member printed
Luke Pollard more like this
uin 10335 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-25more like thismore than 2024-01-25
answer text <p>Universal Credit replaced a number of benefits and tax credits. Within Universal Credit it was decided that War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Payments would not be taken into account as income in calculating the award.</p><p> </p><p>Guaranteed Income Payments, Service Attributable Pensions and service-attributable, non-taxable Service Invalidity Pensions are also not taken into account in the Universal Credit award.</p><p> </p><p>However, it has never been the intention that the rules around the treatment of income, or any other rules, should be changed across the legacy and other benefits to align them with Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Social care payments are the responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Care.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
grouped question UIN 10336 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-25T11:29:24.78Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-25T11:29:24.78Z
answering member
4513
label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
tabling member
4682
label Biography information for Luke Pollard more like this
1683190
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-01-17more like thisremove minimum value filter
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: Armed Forces more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of fully disregarding as income compensation awarded to wounded service people and veterans under the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation schemes under Universal Credit. more like this
tabling member constituency Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport more like this
tabling member printed
Luke Pollard more like this
uin 10336 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-01-25more like thismore than 2024-01-25
answer text <p>Universal Credit replaced a number of benefits and tax credits. Within Universal Credit it was decided that War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Payments would not be taken into account as income in calculating the award.</p><p> </p><p>Guaranteed Income Payments, Service Attributable Pensions and service-attributable, non-taxable Service Invalidity Pensions are also not taken into account in the Universal Credit award.</p><p> </p><p>However, it has never been the intention that the rules around the treatment of income, or any other rules, should be changed across the legacy and other benefits to align them with Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Social care payments are the responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Care.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
grouped question UIN 10335 more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-01-25T11:29:24.847Zmore like thismore than 2024-01-25T11:29:24.847Z
answering member
4513
label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
tabling member
4682
label Biography information for Luke Pollard more like this