Universal Credit: Expenditure
(asked on 16th July 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Universal Credit payments were in each year between 2022 and 2024.
This question was answered on 21st July 2025
Expenditure on Universal Credit was:
£40.6billion in the 21/22 financial year
£41.9billion in the 22/23 financial year
£52.1billion in the 23/24 financial year
Figures are taken from DWP's Spring Statement 2025 Benefit Expenditure and Caseload publication table 1a