Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claims made in pilot areas have been based on independent self-assessment.

Esther McVey

We have interpreted the question as the proportion of people who assess their own eligibility for UC via the on-line self assessment tool.

https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits/entitlement

The Department does not collect this data

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