Universal Credit
Commons · Question 9462 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Emma Lewell
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.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 21 Oct 2024
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.