Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 72876
Universal Credit: Childcare
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Cameron Thomas
Independent — Tewkesbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise single parents to re-enter the workforce who are receiving Universal Credit childcare costs.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Government is committed to reducing child poverty. Evidence suggests that if parents work, including second earners and lone parents, this substantially reduces the risk of child poverty; and that growing up in poverty is a strong predictor of childre...
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