The age threshold for the higher rate of Universal Credit standard allowance is 25.
SNP MP Martyn Day has asked the Department for Work and Pensions if it has considered increasing Universal Credit payment rates for claimants under the age of 25, who are paid £76.63 less than people over that age threshold, on the standard allowance.
The MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk asked DWP what assessment it has made of the “potential merits of increasing Universal Credit payments for people under 25 to the same rate as for people over 25”. In a written response earlier this week, Guy Opperman MP responded that “no such assessment has been made”.
“However, it is acknowledged that some claimants under 25 do live independently, which is why Universal Credit includes separate elements to provide support to claimants for these additional costs. These additional amounts are provided in a similar way to all claimants.”
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