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Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 199466, tabled on 6 June 2014

Question

Rachel Reeves
Labour
Leeds West
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he expects to be claiming universal credit by the end of (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017 and (e) 2018.

Answer

Esther McVey
Conservative
Wirral West
Commons

Answered on

11 June 2014

We announced our plans for the implementation of Universal Credit on 5 December, and these were set out in a written ministerial statement. The WMS can be found here:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#13120551000006

Official statistics on Universal Credit were most recently published on 14th May and can be found at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-apr-2013-to-31-march-2014

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