Universal Credit

(asked on 14th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 11 January 2015 to Questions 21337 and 21336, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the vast majority of existing universal credit claimants will see no change in entitlement.


Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 20th January 2016

The latest statistics indicate that the majority of existing Universal Credit claimants are not yet in work.

As such they will not see a change in entitlement as a result of the April 2016 changes.


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