AQW 9577/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 03/11/2020
Answered On Date: 09/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in Westminster to extend the Minimum Income Floor suspension for 6 months, in line with the new Winter Economic Plan.

Answer:

After careful consideration of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure support is continued for the self-employed, I have decided that the current easement of the suspension of the Minimum Income Floor in Universal Credit that was due to expire on 12 November 2020 will be extended to 30 April 2021.

Regulations to give effect to this extension will be made prior to 12 November 2020.