Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71035

Universal Credit

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 7 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Universal Credit expenditure on the sustainability of the overall welfare budget.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
This Government is committed to a social security system which raises employment and living standards by supporting and incentivising people into work and to work more, reduces poverty by supporting people at times of higher cost and dependency, and promo...
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