Question follow-through · 127799

Universal Credit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 16-24 are claiming the Universal Credit health element while in full-time non-advanced education.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
20 Apr 2026
Answer
27 Apr 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 16-24 are claiming the Universal Credit health element while in full-time non-advanced education.

  2. 20 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 20 April 2026 to Question 125932.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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