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Universal Credit: Health

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 25 April 2025UIN 43238

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential financial impact of changing the eligibility to the health element of Universal Credit to people aged 22 on disabled young people aged between 18 and up to 22.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Information on the impacts of the “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper” will be published in due course, with some information already published alongside the Spring Statement.

[https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper]

A further programme of analysis to support development of the proposals in the Green Paper will be developed and undertaken in the coming months.

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