Question follow-through · 60534
Maternity Allowance: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of treating Maternity Allowance as earned income for the purposes of calculating Universal Credit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of treating Maternity Allowance as earned income for the purposes of calculating Universal Credit.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
No assessment is planned. Universal Credit treats Maternity Allowance in the same way as legacy means-tested benefits, such as Income Support or Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance, in that it is taken fully into account. Whilst we keep all policies under ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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