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Universal Credit: Carers

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 23785, tabled on 25 April 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure that single household payments of Universal Credit are paid into the main caregiver’s account.

Answered on

2 May 2024

A prompt on the online Universal Credit application form, suggests that the customer uses the bank, building society or credit union account details for the carer who spends the most time looking after the children.