Universal Credit: Death
Commons · Question 83655 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount of Universal Credit was paid to deceased recipients in each of the last ten financial years.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 28 Oct 2025
DWP does not hold this information over the requested period. DWP has operational data used to identify and recover UC overpayments from deceased recipients, although this does not cover the full time period requested and is not considered to be of suitab...