Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 74914

Universal Credit: Disability

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Blair McDougall

LabourEast Renfrewshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the availability of residential training places for disabled young people in Scotland on proposed changes to eligibility for Universal Credit for

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
No assessment has been made. We welcomed views on raising the age someone can access the Universal Credit Health Element to 22, as part of our Green Paper consultation, which closed on 30 June. We are considering the responses to this consultation, and we...

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