Universal Credit
Commons · Question 97241 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of Universal Credit advances that remain outstanding beyond 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 12 Dec 2025
Most UC advances (new claims, benefit transfer and Budgeting Advances) have a maximum repayment period of 24 months except change of circumstances advances which have a maximum of 6 months.