Universal Credit: Self-employed

(asked on 16th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a self-employed claimant with fluctuating earnings, who earns more than the minimum income floor annually, receives less universal credit than an employed counterpart with the same level of annual earnings.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 21st November 2017

A self employed person earning above the Minimum Income Floor but with fluctuating earnings, will receive the same amount of Universal Credit as a person with the same fluctuating earnings from employment.

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