Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which passported benefits are dependent on receipt of a benefit being merged within universal credit; how many people received each such passported benefit in each of the last three financial years; and what the total cost was of those benefits in each of those years.

The eligibility criteria, and the number of recipients and costs of passported benefits is a matter for the responsible department or the devolved administrations.

Where the passported benefit includes one of the legacy benefits, Universal Credit has been added to the eligibility criteria so that people who claim the new benefit can continue to qualify.