Universal Credit
(asked on 24th February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have had wages assigned to different assessment periods under the legislation introduced to comply with court ruling case no. C1/2019/0593.
The amendment affects claimants who receive monthly wages. Where two payments in one assessment period is identified we take the required action.
Weekly figures of Universal Credit claimants who have their monthly-paid wages assigned to different assessment periods since the Universal Credit (Earned Income) Amendment Regulations 2020 came into force on 16th November 2020 are shown in the table below.
Week ending | Volume |
22/11/2020 | 8 |
29/11/2020 | 43 |
06/12/2020 | 510 |
13/12/2020 | 392 |
20/12/2020 | 180 |
27/12/2020 | 173 |
03/01/2021 | 544 |
10/01/2021 | 1186 |
17/01/2021 | 608 |
24/01/2021 | 316 |
31/01/2021 | 197 |
07/02/2021 | 540 |
14/02/2021 | 466 |
21/02/2021 | 243 |
The UC data supplied is derived from unpublished management information and a database which relies on manual input. This was collected for internal Departmental use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.