Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 69743

Universal Credit: Expenditure

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist PartyEast Londonderry

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of Universal Credit payments in June 2029.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department does not publish a specific forecast of expenditure in June 2029, but expenditure for the 2029/30 financial year on Universal Credit is forecast to be £88,919 million. Benefits’ expenditure and caseloads, in outturn and forecast, are publis...

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