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Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment

Inquiry

This inquiry looked at the five week wait that faces new Universal Credit claimants before receiving their first benefits payment. It examined the options that the Department for Work and Pensions could consider for reducing or ending the wait and explore other possible solutions.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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Third Report: Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment
Inquiry Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment
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Response to this report
Third Special Report - Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report
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Third Special Report - Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report
Inquiry Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment
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Correspondence

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Correspondence with Minister for Welfare Delivery - joint meeting with House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee follow up
Inquiry Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment
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Correspondence from NAO about net recovery rate of fraud and error on Universal Credit
Inquiry Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment
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Correspondence with Minister for Welfare Delivery on Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment – follow up to 15.7 evidence session
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Oral evidence transcripts

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9 March 2021
Inquiries The economics of Universal Credit, and Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment
Witnesses Department for Work & Pensions, and Neil Couling (Senior Responsible Owner for Universal Credit at Department for Work and Pensions)
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2 September 2020
Inquiry Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment
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15 July 2020
Inquiry Universal Credit: the wait for a first payment
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Written evidence

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Financial Conduct Authority (UCW0101)
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Coventry Citizens Advice (UCW0098)
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London Councils (UCW0099)
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  • Email: workpencom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8976 | 020 7219 1679 (Media)
  • Address: Work and Pensions Committee | House of Commons | London | SW1A 0AA