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Universal Credit

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 12 December 2025UIN 96719

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of people who have newly claimed Universal Credit in each of the last five years by (a) health-related reasons for claiming and (b) the searching-for-work co

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 November 2025 to PQ UIN 92813.

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