Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for universal credit were processed and paid by her Department within (a) five weeks, (b) six weeks, (c) seven weeks, (d) eight weeks, (e) nine weeks, (f) ten weeks and (g) longer than ten weeks in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.

Due to unforeseen circumstances we are unable to access the data to answer your question in time. I will write to you with a response as soon as possible.