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Universal Credit

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 16 September 2025UIN 75666

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants have not attended in-person appointments at Jobcentres in the last (a) three, (b) six and (c) twelve months.

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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