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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Friday, 3 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 July 2026 (named day). It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 July 2026 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Universal Credit

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Universal Credit payments were in 2024/25 and 2025/26.

Answer

The department regularly publishes benefit expenditure and caseload tables and the latest benefit expenditure tables for Spring 2026 include annual Universal Credit expenditure from 2019/20 to 2024/25, with forecast figures provided for 2025/26. Outturn figures for 2025/26 will be published in due course.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
15683
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Costs Payments Universal credit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk