Universal Credit: Greater Manchester

(asked on 7th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each local authority in the Greater Manchester area have been transferred from tax credits to universal credit.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 14th December 2017

We do not hold the requested data.

The Department is not currently transferring claimants from legacy benefits (including those in receipt of Tax Credits) where their circumstances have not changed to Universal Credit. We will start this process in 2019 and it will be completed in 2022.

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