Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal credit claimants who have deductions in their standard allowance in Part 4 of their monthly award letters, excluding managed payments to landlords, how many and what proportion of claimants have had (a) 20 per cent and (b) more than 20 per cent of their standard allowance taken off in (i) one and (ii) more than one month in the last 12 months for which information is available.
The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.