Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) what percentage of the 2.6 million people who were claiming legacy benefits in April 2022 have now undergone managed migration to universal credit and (b) what recent assessment she has made of the (i) financial and (ii) emotional impact of managed migration on legacy benefits claimants.

Managed Migration is a three-year process scheduled to end in 2024 and 55% of people will be better off on Universal credit per month.

In May 2022, DWP began a discovery phase, in line with best practice for agile projects, this phase using the findings from Discovery takes a multi-location approach across the country with small number of claimants, we will continue to develop our processes and systems to ensure the transition to Universal Credit works as smoothly as possible before we proceed to scale the migration process.