Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 3
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We welcome the inclusion of those on legacy benefits in the Government’s support measures.
Recommendation
We welcome the inclusion of those on legacy benefits in the Government’s support measures. We recognise that there are logistical difficulties in getting the necessary support in place quickly, but the Government does not seem to have taken on board our previous recommendations to improve systems. While we understand that in this case one-off payments may have been quicker to put in place, and able to reach more people, we agree with the Secretary of State’s opinion from 2021 that they are not the preferred approach. We recommend that other options, such as more responsive benefit uprating, are prioritised in future.
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 8 September 2022. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗