Question follow-through · 65535
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of administrative capacity to manage the volume of transitions from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit; and what steps she is ta
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of administrative capacity to manage the volume of transitions from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit; and what steps she is ta
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2025
Answer published
Adequate resourcing for the transition is an important priority for the department. The department has identified a small number of cases where the payments due have not all been paid in full in the first assessment period, due to delays in the process. T...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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