8. 8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Universal Credit

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:45 pm on 25 October 2017.

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Photo of Carl Sargeant Carl Sargeant Labour 5:45, 25 October 2017

It’s £200 million upfront that they pay and £66 million each year just for the administration costs paid to the DWP. That’s the issue I have with the administration process here. We should be doing something very different. They should be doing this automatically, not charging Scotland or us to do that. That’s the challenge we face.