Universal Credit
Commons · Question 15683 · Tabled 3 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Universal Credit payments were in 2024/25 and 2025/26.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 14 Jul 2026
The department regularly publishes benefit expenditure and caseload tables and the latest benefit expenditure tables for Spring 2026 include annual Universal Credit expenditure from 2019/20 to 2024/25, with forecast figures provided for 2025/26. Outturn f...