Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96719

Universal Credit

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025

Question

Helen Whately

ConservativeFaversham and Mid Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of people who have newly claimed Universal Credit in each of the last five years by (a) health-related reasons for claiming and (b) the searching-for-work co

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 November 2025 to PQ UIN 92813.