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Universal Credit: Expenditure

Commons · Question 75429 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant the Answer of 2 September to Question 69743 on Universal Credit: Expenditure, whether she has had discussions with the OBR on the sustainability of the forecasted levels of expenditure on Unive

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 10 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...