Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What proportion of universal credit claims registered in the four weeks to 12 April 2020 will be paid on time.”
Tabled: 4 May 2020Answered: 11 May 2020
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Shabana Mahmood)
The Government have inherited a situation where 10% of offenders account for 50% of all offences. We have also inherited an epidemic of shoplifting, the kind of antisocial crime that blights communities. I have commissioned David Gauke to review how sentences could be reformed to address prolific offending, reduce reoffending, cut crime and ultimately make our streets safer.