Universal Credit

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the non-claim rate for people migrating from legacy benefits to Universal Credit; and what the non-claim rate was estimated to be.

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1. 12 March 2024

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the non-claim rate for people migrating from legacy benefits to Universal Credit; and what the non-claim rate was estimated to be.

   Source: Commons

2. 20 March 2024

   Answer

   Following discovery, we are now able to use evidence to make a specific assumption of 26% for Tax Credit (TC) only claims and 4% for all other legacy benefit combinations. No previous estimate of tax credits only claims was made therefore it is wrong to c...

   Source: Written answer

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