Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the age profile of claimants of universal credit childcare.

The latest available data indicates that the ages of the individuals claiming Universal Credit and that receive the childcare component can be described by the following distribution:

The figures are based on April 2018 data, which may not be reflective of future claimants because the number of people claiming Universal Credit is increasing.

Notes:

The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.

The figures related to both Universal Credit Live and Full Service claims as of April 2018.

Where there are two adults in the household receiving the childcare component we count both of them individually.

Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding.