Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Universal Credit Programme Board minutes, UCPB140519 Paper 1, deposited in the House of Commons Library on 28 October 2021, whether her Department met its three core learning objectives for the managed migration pilot of testing (a) ability to be able to calculate, explain, pay and erode Transitional Protection, (b) engagement and effective mobilisation to successfully claim universal credit at the right time and (c) the support mechanisms particularly identifying and supporting complex and vulnerable claimants through their journey.

The pilot that had been active in Harrogate was suspended as the Department focused on delivering its part of the Government’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department will make an announcement in due course on the plan for Move to Universal Credit.