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Committee Material Published 29 Jul 2025 ↗ View on Parliament

We urge the Government to review its decision to delay access to UC health until the age of 22. (Recommendation, Paragraph 138)

We urge the Government to review its decision to delay access to UC health until the age of 22. (Recommendation, Paragraph 138) Type: recommendation | Number: 20 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: We welcomed views on raising the age someone can access the Universal Credit Health Element to 22, as part of our Green Paper consultation, which closed on 30 June. We are considering the responses to this consultation, and we will set out the policy direction in due course.