Clause 27 - Overpayments
Tax Credits Bill
5:00 pm
Professor Steve Webb (Northavon, Liberal Democrat)
I am grateful to the Minister. That is a helpful clarification for someone whose life is so clear cut that they work 30 hours a week for six months in a year. For a single childless person, 30 hours is the difference between zero and entitlement, which is a big cliff edge.
What about people whose life is more random? Some weeks they may have an extra shift, or overtime.
In extreme cases, let us suppose that they do 30 hours one week and then 25 hours the next. What do they do?