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Universal Credit

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 16 September 2025UIN 75665

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants have not attended a Jobcentre in person since the start of their claim in each of the last five years.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The information requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost to develop the appropriate code and analyse the raw data.

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