Universal Credit
(asked on 25th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the online application form for universal credit, how many people answered Yes to the question, Did anyone help you make your claim - for example a family member, friend or someone from the jobcentre or a charity, in each month since December 2015.
Information on help with the digital claim was not collected before December 2016. The table below provides the requested information we hold.
Month | Total | % of Universal Credit claims declared |
Dec-16 | 2,000 | 19% |
Jan-17 | 4,000 | 21% |
Feb-17 | 4,000 | 21% |
Mar-17 | 5,000 | 21% |
Apr-17 | 4,000 | 22% |
May-17 | 5,000 | 23% |
Jun-17 | 6,000 | 22% |
Jul-17 | 7,000 | 22% |
Aug-17 | 8,000 | 23% |
Sep-17 | 8,000 | 23% |
Oct-17 | 10,000 | 23% |
Nov-17 | 13,000 | 24% |
Dec-17 | 12,000 | 24% |
Jan-18 | 21,000 | 22% |
Feb-18 | 19,000 | 23% |
Mar-18 | 21,000 | 22% |
Apr-18 | 22,000 | 22% |
May-18 | 23,000 | 22% |
Jun-18 | 27,000 | 22% |
Jul-18 | 33,000 | 21% |
Aug-18 | 36,000 | 22% |
Sep-18 | 37,000 | 22% |
Oct-18 | 45,000 | 22% |
Nov-18 | 48,000 | 22% |
Dec-18 | 38,000 | 22% |
- The data supplied is derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and has not been quality assured to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. These results can change retrospectively as further information is received. They should therefore be treated with caution. - The numbers provided are the number of claimants that answered ‘yes’ to the question 'Did you have help making your claim’.
- Information on help with the digital claim was not collected before December 2016.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.
- These figures are for GB.