Universal Credit: Young People
(asked on 27th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Universal Credit claimants receive the lower rate of the standard allowance due to being below the age of 25, broken down by (1) gender of claimant, (2) whether it is a single or joint claim, and (3) whether the claimant has children or not.
The table below provides the number of Universal Credit claimants who receive the lower rate of standard allowance due to being below the age of 25. The data is for October 2024 and broken down by gender of claimant, whether it is a single or joint claim, and whether the claimant has children or not
Single or joint claim | Gender | Children | Volumes |
Single and under 25 | Female | Yes | 110,000 |
No | 180,000 | ||
Male | Yes | 4,200 | |
No | 270,000 | ||
Joint claim and both under 25 | Female | Yes | 12,000 |
No | 5,400 | ||
Male | Yes | 11,000 | |
No | 4,600 |
Note: the data in the table above is from Universal Credit administrative data from October 2024 and subject to retrospective changes. The volumes are of people who were in payment of UC in October 2024. The figures have been rounded to 2 significant figures. Those with missing values have been excluded from the figure above. We have defined single status and couple status according to their standard allowance amount.