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

LabourChelsea 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 Kinnock
The 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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