Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 46911
Social Security Benefits: Reform
Tabled: 22 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025
Question
Sarah Edwards
Labour — Tamworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, whether people under 22 in receipt of benefits will lose those bene
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsWe are consulting on delaying access to the health element of UC within the reformed system until someone is aged 22, on the basis that the savings generated would be reinvested into work support and training opportunities for this age group to support th...
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