Universal Credit
(asked on 27th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government for how many universal credit claimants the calculation of earnings includes a work allowance, 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 in October 2024 where the calculation of earnings includes a work allowance, 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 | Female | Yes | 1,004,000 |
No | 57,000 | ||
Male | Yes | 107,000 | |
No | 39,000 | ||
Couple | Female | Yes | 620,000 |
No | 57,000 | ||
Male | Yes | 610,000 | |
No | 56,000 |
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 and those with positive earnings recorded in their award calculation. The figures have been rounded to 2 significant figures. Those with missing values have been excluded from the figures above. We have defined single status and couple status according to their standard allowance amount.