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Written Question
Universal Credit
Monday 10th February 2020

Asked by: Vicky Ford (Conservative - Chelmsford)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have moved into employment since the roll out-of universal credit in each year for which figures are available.

Answered by Will Quince

The latest caseload data shows Universal Credit is supporting 2.8 million claimants across the country to more easily start work and access smoother incentives, such as the work allowance and taper, to increase hours. We have scrapped the cliff edges and complicated hours’ rules of the legacy benefit system to ensure claimants have flexibility to access the opportunities offered in the labour market.

There are a record number of people in work at 32.9 million – up by over 3.8 million since 2010. During August 2019 and September 2019, the latest information available, just over 200,000 Universal Credit claimants have succeeded in getting into jobs.

Monthly information surrounding the volumes of Universal Credit claimants who have moved into work is shown in the table below.

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2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

April

320

5,150

25,000

79,900

May

550

5,900

26,800

87,400

June

650

6,310

29,200

81,600

July

1,010

6,500

31,600

87,800

August

1,290

7,630

38,900

94,200

September

1,890

10,100

47,300

106,300

October

2,150

10,800

52,600

N/A

November

2,600

11,700

59,900

N/A

December

2,320

9,600

44,300

N/A

January

3,230

14,700

61,400

N/A

February

3,940

16,600

68,800

N/A

March

5,070

22,100

84,200

N/A

Notes:

1. Figures are for Universal Credit Full Service only

2. Figures are at household level. In some cases both members of a household may have entered work in the same month, but only one job entry would be counted in our response.

3. Figures are based upon situations when a household reports no earnings in one Assessment Period but then has earnings in the next.

4. Self-employed jobs are not included in the table.

5. Figures also include instances of a household moving out of work and at a later date moving back into work.