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Child Benefit and Universal Credit: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the same eligibility criteria for Universal Credit and Child Benefit for claimants in non-advanced education; and if she will make an asse

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
4 Oct 2024
Target answer date
8 Oct 2024
Answer
10 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the same eligibility criteria for Universal Credit and Child Benefit for claimants in non-advanced education; and if she will make an asse

  2. 8 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    There are no current plans to make such an assessment.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence

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Employment: Disability

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