Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the context of the 500 legacy benefit claimants in Bolton and Medway issued with Universal Credit Migration Notices in May 2022, how many had (a) made their claim by the initial deadline day specified in their Migration Notice, (b) made their claim between the initial deadline day specified in their Migration Notice and their extended deadline and (c) had missed their initial or extended deadline and had their legacy benefits suspended or terminated.

The department is currently completing its analysis of the first 500 legacy claimants who were issued with a Universal Credit Migration Notice. We intend to publish our learnings and observations from the initial Discovery tests in due course, but it is important to do this at such point we have a complete set of data to avoid releasing information prematurely which could be inadvertently misleading.