Universal Credit – Parliamentary Written Answer

Mr Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many working-age benefit and credit recipients will be on universal credit by 2017.

Mr Hoban: We anticipate that all working age benefit and tax credit recipients who are entitled to universal credit will have been migrated onto universal credit by the end of 2017. On current projections this means that around 8 million households will be in receipt of universal credit by 2017.