Universal Credit

(asked on 15th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants had wages assigned to different assessment periods in each week from 24 May 2021 to 31 August 2021 under the legislation introduced in response to the judgment in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Danielle Johnson, [2020] EWCA Civ 778.


Answered by
David Rutley Portrait
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 25th October 2021

The following data shows how many Universal Credit claimants had wages assigned to different assessment periods in each week from 24 May 2021 to 31 August 2021:

Week ending

24/05/21

31/05/21

07/06/21

14/06/21

21/06/21

28/06/21

05/07/21

Volume

150

633

647

309

165

593

391

Week ending

12/07/21

19/07/21

26/07/21

02/08/21

09/08/21

16/08/21

23/08/21

30/08/21

Volume

200

184

398

402

258

225

239

794

It is important to note that this data is derived from unpublished management information and a database which relies on manual input. This was collected for internal Departmental performance use only and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. The data should therefore be treated with caution.

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