A question on #UniversalCredit tabled by Sir Mel Stride on 01-07-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

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
Asking Member handle: meljstride
Asking Member Twitter reference: @meljstride
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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Date answered: 2025-07-07
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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 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