Written questions

Social Security Benefits

Commons · Question 1170 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 27 May 2026

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) Personal Independence Payment, (b) Universal Credit health-related and (c) wider working-age welfare expenditure in each financial year t

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 27 May 2026

Estimates of the cost to the public purse of Personal Independence Payment, Universal Credit health-related, and wider working-age welfare expenditure in each financial year to 2030-31 are published in: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2026 - GOV.U...