Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is after an application is submitted for universal credit before the first payment is received for claimants in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK.
I refer the Hon. Members to the answer I gave on 18 July 2017 to question 4898.