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Written Question
Universal Credit
Tuesday 5th November 2019

Asked by: Jack Brereton (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent South)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of reversing the roll-out of universal credit and returning to the previous system.

Answered by Will Quince

Universal Credit (UC) is a £2bn infrastructure project. This will deliver £8bn worth of economic growth. A whole new benefit system is likely to require a similar level of investment as UC.