Universal Credit

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 19 November 2018.

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Photo of Chris Stephens Chris Stephens Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Fair Work and Employment)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding her Departments has allocated to universal credit hardship payments.

Photo of Chris Stephens Chris Stephens Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Fair Work and Employment)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims have been made for universal credit hardship payment in Glasgow South West constituency to date.

Photo of Alok Sharma Alok Sharma The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

As Universal Credit hardship payments are included in Annually Managed Expenditure there is no separate funding allocated to them.

The information requested about the number of claims to hardship in the Glasgow South constituency is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

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