Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 15683

Universal Credit

Tabled: 3 July 2026

Answered: 14 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Universal Credit payments were in 2024/25 and 2025/26.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

The department regularly publishes benefit expenditure and caseload tables and the latest benefit expenditure tables for Spring 2026 include annual Universal Credit expenditure from 2019/20 to 2024/25, with forecast figures provided for 2025/26. Outturn f...

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