Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations his Department has received on the accelerated roll-out of universal credit.

Officials from DWP have met with a number of national and local organisations ahead of Universal Credit roll out.

The most recent phase of expansion will only take the proportion of the forecast claimant population receiving UC from 8% currently to 10% by the end of January.