Cost of Living Payments and Universal Credit

(asked on 25th November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living payment on Universal Credit payments made every four weeks.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 1st December 2022

The Cost-of-Living Payments are tax free and have no impact on existing benefit awards or on the benefit cap.

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