Universal Credit: Lanark and Hamilton East
(asked on 22nd March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of Universal Credit in Lanark and Hamilton East constituency have applied for an advance payment.
This question was answered on 3rd April 2018
Data on the number of applications for a Universal Credit advance is not held by the Department.
Our latest internal data indicates that, for eligible new claims to Universal Credit Full Service that were due a first payment in January 2018, 60% received either a ‘new claim’ or ‘benefit transfer’ advance.