Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he expects to be claiming universal credit by the end of (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017 and (e) 2018.

We announced our plans for the implementation of Universal Credit on 5 December, and these were set out in a written ministerial statement. The WMS can be found here:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#13120551000006

Official statistics on Universal Credit were most recently published on 14th May and can be found at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-statistics-apr-2013-to-31-march-2014