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1659859

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date	11/09/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Deductions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether individuals moving from legacy benefits to Universal Credit with tax credit debt will have deductions taken from their Universal Credit award commencing on the first Assessment Period.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL10050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Once transferred to DWP for recovery, Tax Credit debt is recovered in the same way as overpaid DWP benefits. Where the customer is in receipt of Universal Credit, deductions are taken from the next available assessment period. Customers are advised of the rate of deduction through a notification posted in their journal.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has a well-established process for working with individuals to support them to manage their debt. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms and encourage anyone who cannot afford the proposed rate of repayment to contact us.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/09/2023 11:44:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1659860

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Deductions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what prior warning individuals moving from legacy benefits to Universal Credit are given about deductions from their first Universal Credit payment about tax credit debt.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL10051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>HMRC notifies the customer of the amount of debt being transferred and explains that DWP will recover by deduction from Universal Credit. Once transferred to DWP for recovery, any Tax Credit debt is recovered in the same way as overpaid DWP benefits. Where the customer is in receipt of Universal Credit, deductions are taken from the next available assessment period. Customers are advised of the rate of deduction through a notification posted in their journal.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has a well-established process for working with individuals to support them to manage their debt. We remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms and encourage anyone who cannot afford the proposed rate of repayment to contact us.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/09/2023 11:45:12 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1659861

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Deductions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what information individuals moving from legacy benefits to Universal Credit are given about their right to request write-off and waivers of outstanding debt.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL10052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Whilst customers are not automatically informed of their option to seek a waiver, we remain committed to working with anyone who is struggling with their repayment terms and encourage anyone who cannot afford the proposed rate of repayment, or that does not consider recovery appropriate given their particular circumstances, to contact the Department.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 19/09/2023 11:45:53 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1659883

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what the value of the full Basic State Pension weekly payment in 2023–24 would be if the pension had been tied only to average earnings since 2010, rather than the triple lock.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The full weekly amount of Basic State Pension would have been worth £138.05 in 2023-24 if it had been uprated by earnings, rather than the Triple Lock.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2023 13:41:06 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1659884

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the savings to the Exchequer in total cost of paying UK State Pensions in 2023–24 if full state pensions for all newly retired individuals required a National Insurance record of 45 years instead of 35 years, assuming no purchase of additional voluntary years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>We have not made any estimate of the savings to the Exchequer of paying UK State Pensions in 2023–24 if a full state pension for all newly retired individuals required a National Insurance record of 45 years instead of 35 years. There are currently no plans to review the qualifying criteria for the new State Pension.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2023 13:44:07 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann