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Universal Credit: Bristol South

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Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 6730, tabled on 13 July 2015

Question

Karin Smyth
Labour
Bristol South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timescale is for the introduction of universal credit to jobcentres in Bristol South constituency.

Answer

Priti Patel
Conservative
Witham
Commons

Answered on

20 July 2015

The last new claims to legacy benefits and tax credits will be accepted during 2017. Following this, the Department will start to migrate the remaining claims to Universal Credit. We are on track with our plans for the national roll out of Universal Credit. I enclose a link to the overall roll out and expansion plans:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf

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