Julie Cooper – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-01-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision there is for ICT training for recipients of universal credit.

Priti Patel

People without digital skills will be offered support to make and manage their Universal Credit (UC) claim online, to acquire and to improve their digital skills. This help will be provided by work coaches in Jobcentres and by Local Authorities and other partner organisations via the ‘Universal Support delivered locally’ programme.