I just want to check one point. At the moment, about 150,000 working-age people who receive universal credit have their benefits limited by the benefit cap. Am I right to say that these additional payments are not constrained at all by the level of the benefit cap?
Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Timms
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 22 June 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill.
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2022-23
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2022-10-31 12:34:06 +0000
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