Emily Thornberry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-11-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households that will move into work as a result of moving onto universal credit by 2020.
Priti Patel
Once fully rolled-out, up to 300,000 more people are likely to be in work as a result of Universal Credit (UC).
Evidence from “Universal Credit at Work Spring 2015” show claimants are more likely to be in work, spend more time in work, and earn more than their counterparts on Jobseekers Allowance.
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