United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 1124
Universal Credit
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Introduced
16 October 2019
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5 November 2019 · Answer
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5 November 2019
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of reversing the roll-out of universal credit and returning to the previous system.
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16 October 2019
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of reversing the roll-out of universal credit and returning to the previous system.
Source: Commons
5 November 2019
Answer
Universal Credit (UC) is a £2bn infrastructure project. This will deliver £8bn worth of economic growth. A whole new benefit system is likely to require a similar level of investment as UC.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2019-10-16/1124
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1150100
- uk · wq-1150100 · source updated 5 November 2019