Universal Credit
(asked on 27th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered including school holiday provision in passported benefits to be included in Universal Credit.
This question was answered on 17th November 2014
The Child Poverty Strategy, published in June 2014, outlined the Government’s actions to tackle child poverty and improve the living standards of poor children.[1]
We have not considered including school holiday provision in passported benefits to be included in Universal Credit.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-strategy-2014-to-2017