Stephen Timms: To
ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of
savings to the public purse in each of the next five years arising from the
implementation of the Universal Credit (Waiting Days)(Amendment) Regulations
2015.
Priti Patel: The principle behind the waiting days is
that benefits are not designed to provide cover for brief spells of
unemployment. We expect savings of around £150m per annum which will be used to
fund measures to get people off benefit and into work and will particularly
help those who are likely to be long term benefit recipients.
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