Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new claims for universal credit in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and d) the UK were processed (i) within five weeks, (ii) between five and ten weeks and (iii) in ten weeks or longer in the most recent 12 months for which data are available.

The latest official statistics were published on 19 February 2019 and can be accessed on Gov.UK at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-29-april-2013-to-10-january-2019

This release provides the latest data on payment timeliness for new Universal Credit claims. Future official statistics will include additional breakdowns of payment timeliness. Longer term we will publish further Universal Credit statistical releases and continue to commission and publish ad-hoc statistical releases.