Question follow-through · 22794
Universal Credit: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional support is available for self-employed workers in receipt of Universal Credit that experience a short-term fall in their earnings.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional support is available for self-employed workers in receipt of Universal Credit that experience a short-term fall in their earnings.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2025
Answer published
Customers who are new to gainful self-employment are eligible for a 12-month 'start-up period’, during which the Minimum Income Floor does not apply. This means that if a customer experiences a drop in their earnings, their Universal Credit award will inc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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