Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered am ar 22 Ionawr 2024.
Chris Bryant
Shadow Minister (Creative Industries and Digital)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the Universal Credit taper rate.
Jo Churchill
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
In November 2021, The Government reduced the taper rate from 63% to 55%. There are no current plans to further reduce the taper, however this will be kept under review.
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