Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-05-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often parents claiming universal credit will be required to report their childcare costs to his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Priti Patel

In the Universal Credit full service, claimants need to report childcare costs in the monthly assessment period in which they paid them, to ensure timely and accurate adjustments to the Universal Credit assessment.