Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 62239

Basic Income

Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the outcomes of national trials of Universal Basic Income conducted in the UK.

Answer

Alison McGovern
Universal Basic Income is not being considered as an alternative social security system by the Department for Work and Pensions.