Commentary on provisions of Act Section 17: Universal credit: work-related requirements
This section changes the conditionality for responsible carers in universal credit to the following effect:
those with a child aged 3 or 4 will be subject to all-work related requirements;
those with a child aged 2 may be required to undertake work-focused interview requirements and work preparation requirements;
those with a child aged 1, as now, may be required to undertake work-focused interview requirements only.