A question on #UniversalCredit #Health tabled by Neil Duncan-Jordan on 31-03-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: Universal Credit: Health
Question ID: 1790701
UIN: 42954
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-31
Asking Member ID: 5359
Asking Member display name: Neil Duncan-Jordan
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Neil Duncan-Jordan
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the level of saving from reducing the health element of Universal Credit in cash terms to £50 per week in 2026-27 for new claimants.
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Date answered: 2025-04-07
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Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
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Answer text: The table below breaks down the overall savings into the static savings of the two policies and the impact of the expected behavioural changes. The behavioural changes are the expected impact of both policies on claimant behaviour. DWP costings are produc...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true