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Universal Credit: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Universal Credit provisions for single parent families.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Universal Credit provisions for single parent families.

  2. 11 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Child Poverty Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change. The Strategy will look at levers across four key themes of increasing incomes, including considering social security reforms, reducing essential ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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