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UNIVERSAL CREDIT SPLIT PAYMENTS

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1033: tabled on 07 March 2018

Tabled in the 2017-19 session.

This motion has been signed by 67 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House notes that the charities Women's Aid, Child Poverty Action Group, Surviving Economic Abuse and the Women's Budget Group have expressed concern regarding paying the combined universal credit payment of a couple into a single bank account; believes that paying recipient couples one joint payment, rather than individually, puts domestic abuse victims at increased risk of financial coercion and may prevent their leaving an abusive relationship; further notes that the current guidance stipulates that split payments are only available in very exceptional circumstances despite domestic abuse being a common occurrence, with 100 calls to police relating to domestic abuse every hour, and calls for universal credit payments to be split between adults in households by default as research by Women's Aid demonstrates that almost 85 per cent of women in abusive relationships feel that requesting a split payment would trigger even greater abuse; has considered evidence that payments for children that are paid to the main carer have a greater likelihood of being spent on the children; and calls on the Government to make split payments the default.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Amess, Sir David
Conservative
Signed on 7 March 2018
Southend West
Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Livingston
Black, Mhairi
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 March 2018
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Blackman, Kirsty
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Aberdeen North
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 12 March 2018
Worthing West
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Burden, Richard
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2018
Birmingham, Northfield
Cameron, Dr Lisa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 March 2018
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Chapman, Douglas
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 March 2018
Dunfermline and West Fife
Cherry, Joanna
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Edinburgh South West
Cooper, Rosie
Labour
Signed on 19 March 2018
West Lancashire
Cowan, Ronnie
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 March 2018
Inverclyde
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
Signed on 8 March 2018
Coventry South
Davey, Sir Edward
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 14 March 2018
Kingston and Surbiton
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Docherty-Hughes, Martin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 March 2018
West Dunbartonshire
Doughty, Stephen
Labour
Signed on 19 March 2018
Cardiff South and Penarth
Edwards, Jonathan
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 8 March 2018
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Farron, Tim
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 21 May 2018
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Field, Frank
Labour
Signed on 16 March 2018
Birkenhead
George, Ruth
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2018
High Peak
Gethins, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
North East Fife
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on 12 March 2018
North Tyneside
Godsiff, Mr Roger
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2018
Birmingham, Hall Green
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Glasgow North
Green, Kate
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2018
Stretford and Urmston
Harman, Ms Harriet
Labour
Signed on 16 March 2018
Camberwell and Peckham
Hendrick, Sir Mark
Labour
Signed on 13 March 2018
Preston
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 March 2018
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Hepburn, Mr Stephen
Labour
Signed on 30 April 2018
Jarrow
Hill, Mike
Labour
Signed on 13 March 2018
Hartlepool
Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 22 May 2018
Bath
Hosie, Stewart
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Dundee East
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 13 March 2018
Ceredigion
Lamb, Norman
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 21 March 2018
North Norfolk
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 12 March 2018
Dundee West
Linden, David
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Glasgow East
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 20 March 2018
Brighton, Pavilion
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
McCabe, Steve
Labour
Signed on 7 March 2018
Birmingham, Selly Oak
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Glasgow South
McDonald, Stuart C.
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 March 2018
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
McGinn, Conor
Labour
Signed on 27 March 2018
St Helens North
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 March 2018
Falkirk
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Glasgow North West
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2018
Easington
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Argyll and Bute
Rimmer, Ms Marie
Labour
Signed on 14 March 2018
St Helens South and Whiston
Robinson, Mr Geoffrey
Labour
Signed on 21 March 2018
Coventry North West
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 14 March 2018
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 8 March 2018
Strangford
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Edinburgh East
Smeeth, Ruth
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2018
Stoke-on-Trent North
Smith, Angela
Labour
Signed on 7 March 2018
Penistone and Stocksbridge
Sobel, Alex
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2018
Leeds North West
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Glasgow South West
Timms, Stephen
Labour
Signed on 16 March 2018
East Ham
Vaz, Keith
Labour
Signed on 16 March 2018
Leicester East
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 21 May 2018
Arfon
Wishart, Pete
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 March 2018
Perth and North Perthshire

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.