Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64616

Universal Credit: Bournemouth East

Tabled: 2 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the uplift to the basic standard allowance of Universal Credit on the incomes of low income households in Bournemouth East constituency.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The department does not have constituency level estimates of the forecasts available. The latest published data on UC, in November 2024, shows that, in Bournemouth East, there were approximately 10,225 households on UC that were not subject to the benefit...

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