Universal Credit: Employment
Commons · Question 96825 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Louie French
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the causes of the increase in Universal Credit claimants who are not required to work; and what steps he is taking to reduce the number of Universal Credit claimants who a
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 5 Jan 2026
The vast majority of the increase in the UC Health caseload is because the decision was taken by the last government to move sick and disabled people from Employment and Support Allowance onto Universal Credit at scale - a transition we inherited, along w...