Basic Income and Social Security Benefits
(asked on 24th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) Universal Basic Income and (b) existing social security benefits in reducing poverty.
This question was answered on 2nd July 2025
Universal Basic Income is not being considered as an alternative social security system by the Department for Work and Pensions.