Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 49522
Universal Credit
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling local authorities access to up-to-date Universal Credit claimant data for all claimants in their area.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recognises the benefits of further Universal Credit data sharing with Local Authorities to support vulnerable citizens.DWP is working on a project to do exactly this, and aims to have delivered a test version to ...
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