Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 115787
Universal Credit
Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the reasons for increases in the numbers of successful applications for Universal Credit in the last three years.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsPeople moving from old legacy benefits onto Universal Credit – almost four in every five – account for the vast majority of the increase over the past year. This is a transition we inherited from the previous government, alongside a system that writes peo...
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