DWP boss Mel Stride said 33% of ESA claimants are likely to lose out as a consequence of the planned managed migration.
The new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has said that even though the managed migration process from legacy benefits to Universal Credit has been delayed until 2027-28, claimants will automatically trigger a move if they report a change in their circumstances.
Mr Stride told the Work and Pensions Committee the UK Government has a “particular duty now to focus on those most in need as we go through these difficult times”. Mr Stride said 33 per cent of people on ESA are likely to lose out as a consequence of that migration, and 55 per cent will benefit, with savings of around one billion pounds due to the process being delayed.
Mr Stride replied: “In an ideal world I’d like to be able to do everything; I’d like to migrate all the ESA people over as quickly as possible, as well as putting certain other benefits up more than perhaps we managed to. But I think in the round, generally, that has been the right decision to have taken.”
More details about which groups could receive a higher or lower entitlement on Universal Credit can be found here.
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