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Universal Credit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming the health top-up on Universal Credit are aged between 18 and 21 years old.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming the health top-up on Universal Credit are aged between 18 and 21 years old.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Quarterly statistics for the number of People on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work in Great Britain are published on Stat-Xplore. The latest release provides figures up to December 2024 which can be b...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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