Universal Credit

(asked on 11th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the allocation of funding for universal credit for the 2019-2020 financial year will reflect the fact that it will be a fifty-three week year.


Answered by
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Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 14th February 2019

No year contains 53 weeks. Departmental expenditure is set in advance to reflect anticipated delivery over the year.

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