{"value":{"id":1644707,"askingMemberId":4244,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-06-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-06-19T00:00:00","uin":"189564","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 182576 on Universal Credit: Deductions, if he will publish an updated version of Table 1 - Deductions to Universal Credit household awards containing data for each of the 12 months from March 2022 to February 2023.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4142,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-06-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The primary aim of the Universal Credit deductions policy is to protect vulnerable claimants by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of essential services. In recent years, the standard UC deduction cap has been reduced twice – from 40% to 30% of the Standard Allowance in October 2019, and down to 25% in April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information is provided in the separate spreadsheet.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Universal Credit: Deductions","attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/1644711/original/PQ189564,PQ189565,PQ189566 Tables.xlsx","title":"189564/65/66 tables","fileType":"xlsx","fileSizeBytes":20587}],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1644707","method":"GET"}]}