AQW 44738/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 24/04/2026
Answered On Date: 08/05/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how his Department ensures coordination with other public bodies when changes to a Universal Credit claim result in reassessments across multiple systems.

Answer:

The Universal Credit system automatically updates citizen information through a central Customer Information System, alerts may be issued to other benefit systems depending on the change reported. Processes are also in place to gather and exchange further information with other systems, if required, to support reassessments.