Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 78600

Universal Credit: Cost Effectiveness

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to make further savings after the implementation of the Universal Credit Act in April 2026.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
This Government is committed to a social security system which raises employment and living standards by supporting and incentivising people into work and to work more, supports those who can never work to live with dignity, reduces poverty, promotes fair...

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