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min answer › date of answer	2019-07-15
answer › question first answered	2022-10-17T16:37:12.377Z
hansard heading	Universal Credit

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10/10/2022

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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, with reference to the requirement that Universal Credit claimants applying for a Budgeting Advance must have earned less than a set income threshold in the past six months (a) for what reason that requirement was first put in place and (b) whether she plans to review that requirement in the context of the increases in the cost of living since 2013.

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Wirral West

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Margaret Greenwood

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59833

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is ministerial correction

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17/10/2022

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Budgeting Advances are available to help meet intermittent miscellaneous expenses, such as buying essential items like furniture or household equipment advances and ensure that low-income families that have an emergency financial need and do not have access to adequate savings or affordable loans can access funding to meet the emergency. The earned income limit was put in place as those with income in the past 6 assessment periods could have the necessary means to help pay for these unexpected costs. The maximum advance provided to a claimant is also reduced pound for pound for any capital held in excess of £1,000.

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Banbury

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Victoria Prentis

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17/10/2022 16:37:12

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	label	Biography information for Victoria Prentis

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	label	Biography information for Margaret Greenwood