Universal Credit
Commons · Question 71026 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 7 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the long term financial sustainability of the number of people on Universal Credit.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 7 Sep 2025
This Government is committed to a social security system which raises employment and living standards by supporting and incentivising people into work and to work more, reduces poverty by supporting people at times of higher cost and dependency, and promo...