Universal Credit: Fylde
Commons · Question 54985 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 51543 on Cost of Living: Fylde, how the new Fair Repayment Rate for Universal Credit debt deductions is being implemented; and how this will ensure that
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 4 Jun 2025
The Fair Repayment Rate was implemented from 30 April 2025. This measure reduced the overall deductions cap taken from the Universal Credit standard personal allowance from 25% to 15% enabling approximately 1.2 million UC households retain, on average, an...