Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 46014

Universal Credit

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of classifying income from pensions payments as unearned income for the purposes of Universal Credit assessments on people who are unable to wo

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
No assessment has been made. There are no plans to change the way that income from pensions is treated under Universal Credit.