Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71034

Universal Credit

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 7 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) make work pay and (b) stop long term dependency on Universal Credit.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Through our Make Work Pay reforms – and the increases we made in April to the National Living and Minimum Wages – we are working to put more money into the pockets of working people and ensure that work remains a reliable route to financial security. Our ...
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