Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that all care leavers are entitled to the same standard Universal Credit allowance.

Tabled: 23 June 2026Answered: 29 June 2026

Asked by

John Whitby

LabourDerbyshire Dales

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Stephanie Peacock)

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. As I set out in a previous answer, the Government are investing £123 million through football partners in grassroots facilities up and down the country.