Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 42954

Universal Credit: Health

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the level of saving from reducing the health element of Universal Credit in cash terms to £50 per week in 2026-27 for new claimants.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The table below breaks down the overall savings into the static savings of the two policies and the impact of the expected behavioural changes. The behavioural changes are the expected impact of both policies on claimant behaviour. DWP costings are produc...
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