PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit (16 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department's review of Universal Credit will include the income threshold used to determine eligibility for (a) free school meals and (b) the NHS Healthy Start scheme.

Asked by:
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour)

Eligibility criteria, including earnings thresholds for passported benefits including Free School Meals and Healthy Start payments are owned by Department of Education and the Department of Health and Social care respectively.

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