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Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, whether disabled people aged between 19 and 2

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
3 Apr 2025
Answer
3 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published on 18 March 2025, whether disabled people aged between 19 and 2

  2. 3 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    In Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper we are consulting on raising the age someone can access the UC Health Element to 22, which would remove any potential disincentive to work during this time. It would al...

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Universal Credit: Health

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