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Universal Credit

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 14 July 2026UIN 15683

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Universal Credit payments were in 2024/25 and 2025/26.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The department regularly publishes benefit expenditure and caseload tables and the latest benefit expenditure tables for Spring 2026 include annual Universal Credit expenditure from 2019/20 to 2024/25, with forecast figures provided for 2025/26. Outturn figures for 2025/26 will be published in due course.

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