Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what protections her Department has put in place for people undergoing managed migration to Universal Credit.

Our overarching analysis shows that at the benefit point of migration, the vast majority of claimants will either be better off, or at the very least retain the same entitlement, thanks to transitional protection. Transitional Protection ensures that eligible claimants do not have a lower entitlement, to Universal Credit than their legacy benefit entitlement at the point they move to Universal Credit.

Claimants moving to Universal Credit will also receive a two-week run on of Jobseeker’s Allowance (income based), Employment and Support Allowance (income related), Income Support and Housing Benefit before they receive their first payment of Universal Credit.