Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit

(asked on 12th October 2026) - View Source
Questioner
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
(Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his department claimed universal credit in each of the past three years.

Answered by
Andrew Western Portrait
Andrew Western
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 19th October 2026

Employees claiming Universal Credit have no obligation to inform DWP they are receiving benefits.

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