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Social Security Benefits: Taxation

Asked by Shivani RajaConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 17 February 2026UIN 112439

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has any plans to make (a) Universal Credit, (b) Employment and Support Allowance, and (c) Housing Benefit taxable state benefits.

Answered by James Murray

Means-tested benefits that are designed to meet specific costs, such as Universal Credit, income-related Employment and Support Allowance and Pension Credit, are not taxable, and the government has no current plans to alter this.

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