Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Justin Tomlinson and Shabana Mahmood

Monday 27th January 2020 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson)]

The hon. Gentleman flagged up that issue with me earlier. We are investigating urgently, because that should not be the case.

[Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood) (Lab)]

T4. There are now more than 84,000 people on universal credit in Birmingham, including more than 9,000 in my constituency. They include large numbers of disabled, unemployed and single-parent claimants, which is exactly the profile of claimants that the Resolution Foundation found will be worse off on average once the benefit is fully rolled out. If the Government are serious about levelling up economic outcomes across the country, why are they so determinedly ignoring the true impact of universal credit in areas such as mine?