Question follow-through · 30394

Basic Income: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of rolling out Universal Basic Income pilots.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
12 Feb 2025
Answer
17 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of rolling out Universal Basic Income pilots.

  2. 12 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    We are not considering rolling out Universal Basic Income pilots.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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