| Heading: |
Universal Credit |
| Question ID: |
1818172 |
| UIN: |
64007 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-01 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3935 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Mel Stride
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| Asking Member handle: |
meljstride
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@meljstride
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Oral Statement of 30 June 2025 on Welfare Reform, columns 23-25, what the evidential basis was for her statement that less that 1% of people on universal credit move into work each |
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true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The statistics referred to in that statement related to those on Universal Credit in the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity Group. Statistics on the Into Work Rates of Claimants on the Universal Credit Health Journey by month can be fou... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |