Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice his Department gives to universal credit applicants on their eligibility for council tax reduction.

Priti Patel

Local Council Tax reduction schemes are delivered by Local Authorities.

Universal Credit claimants are signposted to the Local Authority for information on eligibility.