A question on #UniversalCredit #Health tabled by Grahame Morris on 30-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Universal Credit: Health
Question ID: 1817644
UIN: 63563
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-30
Asking Member ID: 3973
Asking Member display name: Grahame Morris
Asking Member handle: grahamemorris
Asking Member Twitter reference: @grahamemorris
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will clarify whether people in receipt of legacy benefits who are migrated to Universal Credit through the managed migration process will be treated as new claimants for the purposes of the healt
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Date answered: 2025-07-03
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
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Answer text: The Department plans to complete migration of ESA claimants to UC by March 2026. As part of this ESA claimants will be migrated to the UC Health Element. To protect any claimants who have not migrated by April 2026 we intend to mirror as closely as possib...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true