Question follow-through · 128527
Universal Credit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been done as to the potential impact on employment prospects for under 22s who will no longer receive the health element of Universal Credit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been done as to the potential impact on employment prospects for under 22s who will no longer receive the health element of Universal Credit.
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 2 March 2026 in response to Question UIN 114204.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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