Universal Credit

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 20 October 2020.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:14, 20 October 2020

Llywydd, I thank Joyce Watson for that. Between February and September of this year, a rise of over 120,000 claimants of universal credit took place in Wales, and that was an increase of 80 per cent. The September claimant count stood at 271,186 people, compared to 150,527 back in February.