A question on #SocialSecurityBenefits #Reform tabled by Sarah Edwards on 22-04-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Social Security Benefits: Reform
Question ID: 1795654
UIN: 46911
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-22
Asking Member ID: 5001
Asking Member display name: Sarah Edwards
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Sarah Edwards
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, whether people under 22 in receipt of benefits will lose those bene
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Date answered: 2025-04-29
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Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
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Answer text: We are consulting on delaying access to the health element of UC within the reformed system until someone is aged 22, on the basis that the savings generated would be reinvested into work support and training opportunities for this age group to support th...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
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