Little progress has been made on the roll-out of
universal credit with just 0.3% of the eligible population receiving it by
October last year, concludes a damning new report. This is despite the £700m spent
on the programme since it began in 2010, says the government’s spending
watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Fewer than 18,000 people were
claiming universal credit by October 2014, the committee report explains, out
of about seven million expected in the longer term. The watchdog was also
critical of the IT infrastructure for the programme, which it says is of
‘particular concern’. It has cost the DWP £344m so far to develop its ‘live’
service systems for claimants. Download the report from the Parliament website.
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