Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 9391
Social Services: Income Support
Tabled: 15 October 2024
Answered: 22 October 2024
Question
Ben Coleman
Labour — Chelsea and Fulham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of uprating the minimum income guarantee in line with inflation each year.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe social care allowance rates, which include the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG), are reviewed each year. The MIG rates were uprated in line with inflation for the previous three financial years, and the rates for the 2025/26 financial year will be publi...
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