Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who have submitted a DS1500 form have waited (i) two weeks; (ii) three weeks; (iii) four weeks; (iv) five weeks or more to receive their first Universal Credit payment in the most recent twelve month period for which data are available.

The information requested is not readily available, as it is not collated centrally, and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.