Universal Credit – Parliamentary Oral Answer

Baroness Lister of Burtersett: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether universal credit recipients who are paid with a simple payment card will be allowed to withdraw only part of their monthly or twice-monthly universal credit payment if they so choose.

Lord Freud: The simple payment card will allow users to withdraw the whole amount (and not part) of each benefit payment at the same time, up to a daily limit of £600. Universal credit recipients who want to withdraw only part of their monthly or twice-monthly universal credit payment will need to use a transactional bank account.