PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Child Benefit and Universal Credit: Eligibility (4 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the same eligibility criteria for Universal Credit and Child Benefit for claimants in non-advanced education; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of that approach on families supporting students whose education may be extended due to having additional needs.

Asked by:
Mohammad Yasin (Labour)

There are no current plans to make such an assessment.

Answered by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
10 October 2024