Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 15
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Reduce time between inflation measure and benefit uprating implementation, retaining consistency.
Recommendation
We recognise the Department cannot shorten the reference period for benefit uprating due to the DWP IT systems used to uprate legacy benefits. In the longer term, and following the completion of migration to Universal Credit, the Government should aim to reduce the length of time between the measure of inflation used for uprating, and the uprating implementation date. The Government should retain this new, shorter uprating reference period each year to maintain consistency within the system.
Paragraph Reference:
133
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 23 May 2024. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗