Kate Hollern – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Hollern on 2016-01-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on working families of his proposed reductions to the work allowance of universal credit.

Priti Patel

The impact of the work allowance change on working families cannot be considered in isolation – it is part of a broader package of measures announced at the Summer Budget, such as the increase to the personal tax allowance and introduction of the national living wage.