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Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Care Leavers

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 3 July 2025UIN 63685

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the Government’s proposed reforms to universal credit and personal independence payments on the number of care leavers in poverty.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The data are not available to make an assessment on this basis.

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