Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 9047

Universal Credit

Tabled: 14 October 2024

Answered: 21 October 2024

Question

Sarah Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Universal Credit minimum income threshold on trends in the level of childminder (a) recruitment and (b) retention, in the context of recent

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

There is no plan to assess the potential impact of the Minimum Income Floor specifically for self-employed childminders on Universal Credit. The department does not systematically collect data about the sector self-employed customers work in. Universal Cr...

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