Low Pay

(asked on 29th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a breakdown of the £8 million investment announced in the Autumn Budget for in-work support for low-paid workers on universal credit.


Answered by
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Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 7th December 2017

The Autumn Budget 2017 document sets out the costs of announced policy decisions, including the additional investment for in-work progression trials in Universal Credit. This can be found the gov.uk website (on page 28):

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661480/autumn_budget_2017_web.pdf.

The figures published in the table are rounded to the nearest £5m in any year.

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