Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of universal credit have received lower payments as a result of been paid twice in one assessment period in (a) the last six months and (b) the last three months in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) the North East.

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.