Question follow-through · 70861
Income Support
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered introducing a minimum income guarantee.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered introducing a minimum income guarantee.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensuring the welfare system supports those who need it most in a way that is fiscally sustainable. The current welfare system accounts for people’s circumstances and the additional needs and costs faced by some individuals i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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