Universal Credit: Bolsover
(asked on 31st March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who reside in Bolsover and claim the health element of Universal Credit are (a) in work and (b) not in work.
The table below shows the number of claimants in the Bolsover Parliamentary Constituency with a live Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work and Work-related Activity (LCWRA) award and the percentage of these claimants who are recorded as in work.
Claimant in Work | Number of claimants | Percentage |
Yes | 260 | 8% |
No | 3,060 | 92% |
Total | 3,320 | 100% |
Source: DWP UC Computer System
The table below shows the number of claimants in the Bolsover Local Authority area with a live Universal Credit Limited Capability for Work and Work-related Activity (LCWRA) award and the percentage of these claimants who are recorded as in work.
Claimant in Work | Number of claimants | Percentage |
Yes | 200 | 8% |
No | 2,450 | 92% |
Total | 2,650 | 100% |
Source: DWP UC Computer System
Notes:
- The Bolsover Parliamentary Constituency covers a wider area compared to the Bolsover Local Area.
- The UC health element is paid at the household level.
- A small proportion of claimants with a Limited Capability for Work (LCW) may be in receipt of a health element, if they’ve had a continuous LCW award (or received the Work-Related Activity Component of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)) that began before April 2017
- Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 and based on internal UC systems, so are not quality assured to published official statistics standards and are subject to retrospective change.