Baroness Scott of Needham Market – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Scott of Needham Market on 2014-06-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on reaching a decision over proposals to increase rent arrear deductions from 5 per cent to 40 per cent under Universal Credit.

Lord Freud

We recently consulted on the proposal to increase the rate of rent arrears deductions in Universal Credit. We are currently considering the consultation responses.