Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of how many claimants who are expected to move from legacy benefits to Universal Credit will consequentially receive (a) more and (b) less in benefits between May 2022 and May 2024; and if she will make a statement.

The vast majority of claimants will either be better off, or no worse off. The ‘Completing Move to UC’ publication Completing the move to Universal Credit - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) sets out the departments analysis of the estimated number of claimants expected to be moved to Universal Credit.

The Department is currently focused on the discovery phase of managed migration starting with 250 claimants in Bolton and Medway respectively. We are committed to ensuring the final phase of Universal Credit is rolled out safely and is responsibly delivered by the end of 2024.