Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Departments policy is on the continued payment of universal credit element for young people still in full time, non-advanced education when they reach the age of 19.

Universal Credit provides support for young people aged 16-19 in full-time non-advanced education or approved training, through the additional payments that their parents receive. These payments can continue until 31^st August following the young person’s 19th birthday, which aligns with the academic year and allows most young people, still in education or training under age 20, to finish their course. In effect, these young people will be supported under their parents’ Universal Credit claim until they are able to claim in their own right, generally at age 18, if they meet the conditions of entitlement.