Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What assessment she has made of the effect on the public purse of the five-week wait to transition to universal credit.”
Tabled: 9 October 2018Answered: 15 October 2018
Asked by
Luke Pollard
Labour (Co-op) — Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Border Security and Asylum (Alex Norris)
This Government will close every asylum hotel. We are making progress with spend in this area reduced by a third. We are restoring order and control to the system, speeding up case working, maximising the use of our estate, including ex-military sites, and continuing to increase returns.