Question follow-through · 11981
Universal Credit: Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to amend the eligibility criteria for Universal Credit so that people on temporary employment contracts are able to make claims as soon as their contract ends.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to amend the eligibility criteria for Universal Credit so that people on temporary employment contracts are able to make claims as soon as their contract ends.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2024
Answer published
A person on a temporary contract can claim UC at any time and the amount of UC will adjust depending on their earnings. The Government is committed to reviewing Universal Credit. Details of the review will be set out in due course.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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