AQW 3595/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 27/09/2022
Answered On Date: 12/10/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether local decision makers in Northern Ireland will be required to implement the benefit sanctions as announced by the Chancellor in relation to Universal Credit claimants working up to 15 hours at minimum wage.

Answer:

No decision has yet been made as to whether changes announced to the Administrative Earnings Threshold (AET) level for Universal Credit will be implemented here. DfC officials continue to engage with the Department for Work and Pensions to establish if there are any costs and/or parity issues of having a different AET here.