Written questions

Social Services: Income Support

Commons · Question 9391 · Tabled 15 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Ben Coleman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of uprating the minimum income guarantee in line with inflation each year.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 22 Oct 2024

The social care allowance rates, which include the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG), are reviewed each year. The MIG rates were uprated in line with inflation for the previous three financial years, and the rates for the 2025/26 financial year will be publi...