| Heading: |
Living Wage: Universal Credit |
| Question ID: |
1785940 |
| UIN: |
39190 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5109 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Chris Bloore
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| Asking Member handle: |
chrisbloore
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@chrisbloore
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason there is an age differential between the national living wage age band and the lower universal credit band. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
Young people in work typically earn less than those over 25 and are also more likely to live in someone else’s household, with lower living costs. It is not inconsistent to maintain different rates of Universal Credit while moving to a single rate of the ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |