Universal Credit: Employment
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the annual cost of paying Universal Credit to people in paid employment.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
The department publishes figures for expenditure on Universal Credit (UC) Expenditure here:
Benefit expenditure and caseload tables - GOV.UK
Universal Credit entitlement is calculated on a household basis. The requested breakdown of UC expenditure to people in paid employment is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
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