Universal Credit: Deductions

(asked on 25th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) total and (b) average size of deductions from Universal Credit claimants were in the most recent month for which data is available.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2022

Household level figures have been provided as deductions are applied at the household level and not at claimant level.

In May 2022, the total deductions for Universal Credit households was £130,530,000 and the average deduction was £62. For the same period, the total number of households on Universal Credit with a deduction was 2,100,000. This accounts for 45% of all households on Universal Credit.

Notes:

1. Total deductions have been rounded to the nearest thousand pounds and average deductions to the nearest pound

2.Total number of households on UC have been rounded to the nearest thousand and percentages to the nearest percent

3. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.

4. The methodology used is different to those used to derive the Official Statistics Household series and therefore, figures may not be comparable.

5. Data for May 2022 has been provided in line with the latest available UC Household Statistics

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