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<p>No assessment of this issue, as raised, has been made.</p><p> </p><p>There is no
intention to reconsider this policy to remove the Minimum Income Floor. The Minimum
Income Floor plays an important role in encouraging self-employed claimants to increase
their earnings to a sustainable level through developing their self-employment, or
to consider other ways to achieve financial self-sufficiency such as through paid
employment.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number and proportion of (a) households
with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant and (b) people living in households
with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant subject to the Minimum Income Floor
in Brighton and Hove from March 2022 to February 2023.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Households with one or more self-employed claimants</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Individuals in households with one or more self-employed claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Number subject to the MIF</p></td><td><p>Proportion subject to the
MIF</p></td><td><p>Number subject to the MIF</p></td><td><p>Proportion subject to
the MIF</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Numbers of households and individuals are
rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>2. Households with a UC award of zero but whose claims
have not yet closed are not included.</p><p>3. Claimants are counted as subject to
the Minimum Income Floor if they are gainfully self-employed, not in a start-up period,
and do not have temporary easement under which the MIF is not applied.</p><p>4. During
the period shown there has been a large increase in numbers and proportions subject
to the Minimum Income Floor as 12 month start-up periods come to an end for the large
volume of claimants assessed in the period following the re-introduction of the MIF
in August 2021.</p>
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