Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96276

Universal Credit

Tabled: 2 December 2025

Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Helen Whately

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average duration of a Universal Credit claim that was started in a) 2021, b) 2022, c) 2023, d) 2024 and e) 2025.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

The specific information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, monthly statistics for the number of People on Universal Credit in Great Britain are published regularly on Stat-Xplore. This data is...

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