Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the roll-out of the universal credit full digital service to date.

The Universal Credit Full (Digital) Service continues to roll-out as planned. Since November 2014 when the first jobcentre went live we have continued to test, learn and refine the service as it has expanded. We are seeing steady improvements in processing as the new service beds in and claimants adjust to the new system. The full service is now operating in 93 jobcentres and we plan to continue to improve and develop the service as the roll-out accelerates.