AQW 44738/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail how his Department ensures coordination with other public bodies when changes to a Universal Credit claim result in reassessments across multiple systems.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 24 April 2026
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 24 April 2026
- Answer due by
- 12 May 2026
- Answered
- 8 May 202614 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Universal Credit system automatically updates citizen information through a central Customer Information System, alerts may be issued to other benefit systems depending on the change reported. Processes are also in place to gather and exchange further information with other systems, if required, to support reassessments.