Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 11452

Universal Credit: Care Leavers

Tabled: 28 October 2024
Answered: 1 November 2024

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the over-25 rate of universal credit to care leavers.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Government supports care leavers by offering a series of safeguards and easements aimed at simplifying and improving their interaction with the benefit system. This includes single care leavers qualifying for the more generous one-bedroom Local Housin...

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