To receive questions submitted to the Leader under Standing Order No.14
Minutes:
Under Standing Order No.14 Councillor Flood asked the Leader to outline the actions the Council was taking to assist residents to access the benefits to which they were entitled in light of the implementation of Universal Credit within the borough, including the potential loss of Housing Benefit for women in refuges fleeing from domestic violence and the removal of funding to meet the costs of obtaining a medical report in such situations.
The Leader provided a verbal response and agreed to circulate a fuller written response to all Members following further consultation with relevant partners. She also undertook to write to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to request that the further roll out of Universal Credit be stopped until problems with its implementation had been resolved.