A question on #UniversalCredit #Reform tabled by Graeme Downie on 24-03-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Universal Credit: Reform
Question ID: 1787764
UIN: 40716
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-24
Asking Member ID: 5275
Asking Member display name: Graeme Downie
Asking Member handle: GraemeDownieMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @GraemeDownieMP
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people under 22 in (a) Dunfermline and Dollar constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK will be impacted by changes to the limited capability for work and work related activity element of Unive
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Date answered: 2025-03-31
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Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
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Answer text: No decision has been made on this policy. The key principle of our focus for 18-21 year olds should be helping them to be earning or learning, because of the long-term scarring effects for young people of a period of unemployment. That is why we are consu...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
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