| Heading: |
Universal Credit: Young People |
| Question ID: |
1818480 |
| UIN: |
64306 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5168 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Adam Jogee
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Adam Jogee
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the Universal Credit health element on claimants under the age of 22. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-10 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
As part of the Pathways to Work Green Paper consultation, the Government invited views on the proposal to raise the minimum age for accessing the Universal Credit (UC) health element to 22. The consultation closed on 30 June, and we are now considering re... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |