Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 33620

Statutory Sick Pay: Universal Credit

Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Lola McEvoy

LabourDarlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the level of Statutory Sick Pay on trends in the number of people claiming Universal Credit.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The Department has not made an assessment of the impact of the level of Statutory Sick Pay on trends in the number of people claiming Universal Credit.The Department has undertaken a Regulatory Impact Assessment and an Equality Impact Assessment of the St...

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