Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 63044
Basic Income
Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 2 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the potential impact of international trials of universal basic income on (a) employment rates and (b) poverty levels.
Answer
Alison McGovernUniversal Basic Income is not being considered as an alternative social security system by the Department for Work and Pensions.