Question reference: S5O-00607
- Asked by: Graeme Dey, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 18 January 2017
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 January 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many households it estimates may benefit from its planned changes to administrative flexibilities to universal credit when it is rolled out.
Answer
The Scottish Government expects between 650,000 and 700,000 households to benefit from the Scottish Universal Credit flexibilities by the end of the planned Universal Credit roll out by the UK Government in 2022.