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Universal Credit: Self-employed

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Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 40850, tabled on 24 March 2025

Question

Kevin Bonavia
Labour
Stevenage
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the minimum floor cap for self-employed individuals receiving universal credit.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Labour
East Ham
Commons

Answered on

31 March 2025

The Minimum Income Floor (MIF) encourages self-employed customers to progress in work and grow their earnings to a sustainable level.

The Government has committed to reviewing Universal Credit to ensure it is supporting the Government’s objectives to make work pay and tackle poverty.

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Department for Work and Pensions
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