3rd March heading for HL5796

Question

Using the data published on Stat-Xplore, the monthly amount paid to households on Universal Credit, and those not in payment, from September 2024 to August 2025 is shown in the attached table. This increase in the UC Caseload comes as people are moving off legacy benefits– a transition we inherited from the previous government, alongside a system with the wrong incentives that writes people off.

This government is determined to fix this. That’s why we’re removing the financial incentives in Universal Credit that encourage inactivity, and as part of our wider plans to Get Britain Working we have redeployed 1,000 work coaches to help thousands of sick and disabled people who were previously left without contact for years.