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Social Services: Income Support

Asked by Ben ColemanLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 22 October 2024UIN 9391

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of uprating the minimum income guarantee in line with inflation each year.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The social care allowance rates, which include the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG), are reviewed each year. The MIG rates were uprated in line with inflation for the previous three financial years, and the rates for the 2025/26 financial year will be published in early 2025.

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