Universal Credit: Expenditure
Commons · Question 69743 · Tabled 22 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 2 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of Universal Credit payments in June 2029.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 2 Sep 2025
The Department does not publish a specific forecast of expenditure in June 2029, but expenditure for the 2029/30 financial year on Universal Credit is forecast to be £88,919 million. Benefits’ expenditure and caseloads, in outturn and forecast, are publis...