Mr Bain: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and
Pensions if he will make an assessment of the effect on projected levels of
disposable income of households with at least one adult in work who are (a) with
children and (b) without children of freezing of the work allowance in
universal credit in each of the next three financial years.
Esther McVey: Once fully rolled out, 3 million
households, of which 1.8 million are families with children and 1.2 million are
families without children, gain on average £174 per month (in 2013-14 prices)
from universal credit after taking account of the work allowance freeze.
Transitional protection will ensure that there will be no cash losers under
universal credit, providing their circumstances remain the same.
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