Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many legacy benefit claimants have been migrated to Universal Credit (a) without appropriate notice; and (b) earlier than advised.

There are no statistics available for those not given appropriate notice or claimed earlier than advised.

Claimants may migrate from legacy benefit to Universal Credit (UC) without notice, where they choose to claim UC, or a change of circumstances requires them to make a claim.

The remainder of legacy claimants that the Department is requiring to move to UC are sent a Migration Notice, which includes a deadline date of a minimum of three months and signposts the support available on how to claim. The Department also sends reminders to claim by the specified date.