PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit: Wales (1 May 2019)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants received an underpayment of universal credit (a) as their first payment and (b) in further payments in (a) Ogmore and (b) Wales in 2018.

Asked by:
Chris Elmore (Labour)

Answer

The information requested is not held by the Department.

Our latest published data shows that consistently around 85% of new claimants are being paid in full and on time. This can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics.


Answered by:
Lord Sharma (Conservative)
13 May 2019

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