Question follow-through · 16784

Living Wage: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the National Living Wage on the (a) number of people claiming Universal Credit and (b) amount of working age benefi

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 28 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 2 Dec 2024
Answer: 6 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

28 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the National Living Wage on the (a) number of people claiming Universal Credit and (b) amount of working age benefi
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Dec 2024
Answer published
The independent Low Pay Commission has published the labour market evidence underlying its recommendations for the April 2025 National Living Wage Rates available at: Low Pay Commission summary of evidence 2024.The Department for Business and Trade, will ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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