Universal Credit
Commons · Question 120015 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March to Question 115912 on Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services, how many claimants have been put into housing arrears as a result of being migrated from ESA
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 23 Mar 2026
The Department does not hold the requested data. When someone transitions from Housing Benefit their first payment of Universal Credit will be made 5 weeks later. To help bridge this gap, an additional payment of two week’s Housing Benefit is made, result...