Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 63100
Social Security Benefits: Young People
Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 7 July 2025
Question
Dr Scott Arthur
Labour — Edinburgh South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that under-25s are adequately supported by the benefits system.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsSubject to Parliamentary approval, the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill legislates for the first sustained above inflation rise in the basic rate of Universal Credit since it was introduced. This increase will be for new and existin...
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