Universal Credit

(asked on 30th June 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres in each region have had to ask applicants to travel to another jobcentre to make their universal credit claim due to problems with IT systems.


Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 6th July 2015

We have been asking claimants in the Neston area to temporarily attend Ellesmere Port Jobcentre while we work to upgrade the service. This only affects a very small number of claimants, and all those affected have been reimbursed for any associated travel costs. We expect to resume the full service at Neston in the near future.

No other jobcentre has been affected.

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