Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of partners in small businesses who will apply for universal credit; and what steps such people need to take to establish their monthly income in order to do so.

We have not produced estimates of the numbers of partners in small businesses who will apply for Universal Credit.

Guidance on self-employment issued for Universal Credit decision makers can be found in the Advice for Decision Makers, which is available online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide