Question follow-through · 7237
Universal Credit: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual cost of paying Universal Credit to people in paid employment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual cost of paying Universal Credit to people in paid employment.
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The department publishes figures for expenditure on Universal Credit (UC) Expenditure here: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables - GOV.UK Universal Credit entitlement is calculated on a household basis. The requested breakdown of UC expenditure to peop...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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