Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many couples receiving universal credit (a) with dependent children and (b) with no children have (i) one partner in work and (ii) both partners in work.

The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The available information on the number of couples, (a) with dependent children who are in receipt of the childcare element of Universal Credit, and (b) with no children, is published and can be accessed at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html