Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 40716

Universal Credit: Reform

Tabled: 24 March 2025

Answered: 31 March 2025

Question

Graeme Downie

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people under 22 in (a) Dunfermline and Dollar constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK will be impacted by changes to the limited capability for work and work related activity element of Unive

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

No decision has been made on this policy. The key principle of our focus for 18-21 year olds should be helping them to be earning or learning, because of the long-term scarring effects for young people of a period of unemployment. That is why we are consu...

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