Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What assessment she has made of the potential merits of ending the five week wait for universal credit during the covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 4 May 2020Answered: 11 May 2020
Asked by
Sarah Jones
Labour — Croydon West
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
The right hon. Lady is right to raise this issue. We inherited historic under-investment in maintenance and a rising prison population. That is why we have already published our 10-year prison capacity strategy and have plans to invest £220 million in prison and probation service maintenance in ’24-25, and up to £300 million in ’25-26.