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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-10-31more like thismore than 2022-10-31
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 more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Uprating 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 assessment of the potential effect of increasing benefits in line with inflation on incentives for people in low-paid employment to remain in employment. more like this
tabling member constituency Mansfield more like this
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Ben Bradley remove filter
uin 74893 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-11-08more like thismore than 2022-11-08
answer text <p>The Secretary of State is currently conducting his statutory annual review of State Pensions and benefit rates. The outcome of that review will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is designed to make work pay, so not all of a person's net earnings are deducted from their Universal Credit. Claimants with children and/or limited capability for work will also benefit from a work allowance.</p><p> </p><p>A work allowance is an amount of earnings a Universal Credit household can earn (including employed and self-employed earnings) before the single taper rate of 55 per cent is applied to their earnings and their Universal Credit begins to be reduced. In simple terms, this means that 45 pence in every pound earned would be kept: claimants are £45 better off for every extra £100 of net earnings.</p><p> </p><p>If a single claimant (or either claimant in a couple) have responsibility for a child or qualifying young person, and/or have limited capability for work, they will be eligible for a work allowance.</p>
answering member constituency Hexham more like this
answering member printed Guy Opperman more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-11-08T16:57:07.17Zmore like thismore than 2022-11-08T16:57:07.17Z
answering member
4142
label Biography information for Guy Opperman more like this
tabling member
4663
label Biography information for Ben Bradley more like this