A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the potential merits of prohibiting the making of deductions from certain social security benefits within the first six months of a claim, of restricting the making of deductions in cases where a claimant is at risk of hardship, of reducing the maximum proportion of a claim that may be deducted, and of changing the priority order in which debt repayments are recovered by deductions; to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the adequacy of the rate at which social security benefits are paid; to require the Secretary of State to publish a strategy for increasing the availability of free debt and money advice for people claiming social security benefits; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
14 February 2025
The bill requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on (a) whether deductions from certain social security benefits should be prohibited in the first six months of a claim, or restricted if a claimant faces hardship, and to change rules about how much can be deducted and the order debts are repaid; (b) whether the rate at which benefits are paid is adequate; and (c) a strategy to increase free debt and money advice for benefit claimants.
The bill is at the Second Reading stage in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage for detailed scrutiny.
Generated 21 February 2026
The dissolution of Parliament took place on Thursday 30 May 2024. All business in the House of Commons and House of Lords has come to an end and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.