Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 30th November 2022, HC 549, if he will provide a breakdown of how his Department calculated a £1 billion resulting from the delay in the managed migration from Employment Support Allowance to Universal Credit by (a) expenditure on Transitional Protection, (b) staff time and (c) other savings.

Information on this policy costing can be found within the Autumn_Statement_2022_Policy_Costings_.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) document; page 45.