Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many couples (1) with, and (2) without, dependent children are receiving Universal Credit in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, and (d) Northern Ireland.

The Department does not hold information on persons claiming Universal Credit in Northern Ireland. The available data is published at Stat Xplore.

The table below shows the number of couples in England, Wales and Scotland, with and without child dependants who are receiving Universal Credit.

Source: Households on Universal Credit

Notes:

1. Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.
2. A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for the people on Universal Credit.
3. Further information on the background and methodology can be accessed via our latest statistical release.
4. These figures are provisional. These figures will be subject to revision in subsequent releases. It is expected that overall provisional figures will be within two per cent of their revised figure in future releases. Figures relating to the employment breakdown will be also be subject to revision.
5. The DWP does not hold this information for Northern Ireland. The responsibility for statistics in Northern Ireland lies with the Department for Communities.