Universal Credit: Expenditure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Universal Credit payments were in each year between 2022 and 2024.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
Expenditure on Universal Credit was:
£40.6billion in the 21/22 financial year
£41.9billion in the 22/23 financial year
£52.1billion in the 23/24 financial year
Figures are taken from DWP's Spring Statement 2025 Benefit Expenditure and Caseload publication table 1a
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