Question follow-through · 90767

Universal Credit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals to remove entitlement to the Universal Credit Health element for those aged under 22 on levels of food bank need.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
21 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals to remove entitlement to the Universal Credit Health element for those aged under 22 on levels of food bank need.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    No such assessment has been made. An Impact Assessment was published alongside the Pathways to Work Green Paper, which can be found here.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with (a) Fibromyalgia and (b) other complex and lifelong conditions are not asked to complete a number of reassessments for Personal Independenc

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Fund: Funeral Payments

15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility criteria for the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment award.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

State Retirement Pensions

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's report entitled Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts, Research Report No 447, published on 11 November 2025, what assessment he has made of the evidence on

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Security Benefits: Children

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made and assessment of the potential impact of changes to the two child benefit cap on levels of food bank use.