Universal Credit: Expenditure
Commons · Question 68350 · Tabled 16 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Universal Credit payments were in each year between 2022 and 2024.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 21 Jul 2025
Expenditure on Universal Credit was:£40.6billion in the 21/22 financial year£41.9billion in the 22/23 financial year£52.1billion in the 23/24 financial year Figures are taken from DWP's Spring Statement 2025 Benefit Expenditure and Caseload publication ta...