Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71753
Universal Credit: Foster Care
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make a comparative assessment of the level of Universal Credit payments made to foster carers with the prior system of (a) Working Tax Credit and (b) Child Tax Credit.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsNo such assessment has been made. Whilst the UC child element won’t be paid if the child or qualifying young person is looked after by a foster carer, the allowance and fees received by foster carers in return for fostering are not treated as earnings and...
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