United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 7239
Social Security Benefits: Employment
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5 June 2026
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17 June 2026 · Answer
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17 June 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual cost of paying legacy benefits such as working tax credits and earlier iterations of Universal Credit to people in paid employment.
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5 June 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual cost of paying legacy benefits such as working tax credits and earlier iterations of Universal Credit to people in paid employment.
Source: Commons
17 June 2026
Answer
Precursors to Universal Credit (UC) such as Working Tax Credits (WTC) have now migrated to UC, therefore legacy payments are no longer applicable. As a result, all associated costs are captured within UC payments. For other working age benefits where clai...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-05/7239
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1913003
- uk · wq-1913003 · source updated 17 June 2026