PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(28 November 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the National Living Wage on the (a) number of people claiming Universal Credit and (b) amount of working age benefits claimed.

Asked by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)

The independent Low Pay Commission has published the labour market evidence underlying its recommendations for the April 2025 National Living Wage Rates available at: Low Pay Commission summary of evidence 2024.

The Department for Business and Trade, will also publish a regulatory Impact Assessment of the change in due course. The Department for Work and Pensions has not undertaken separate analysis.

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