Universal Credit

(asked on 19th January 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2015 to Question 220704, how large the control group will be in the proposed randomised control trial for universal credit in work progression; for how long that trial is planned to run; how progression in the two groups will be measured; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Esther McVey Portrait
Esther McVey
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 22nd January 2015

Based upon current Universal Credit roll-out plans we expect the trial to run through to 2016 and involve at least 15,000 Universal Credit claimants, of which the control group will comprise approximately 5,000 claimants. We are currently finalising the trial design and evaluation strategy.

Reticulating Splines