Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had payment of universal credit delayed by (a) one week, (b) two weeks, (c) three weeks or (d) four weeks or more in (i) the Enfield North Constituency and (ii) the London Borough of Enfield.
Answered by Lord Sharma
There is no Universal Credit payment timeliness data broken down by area or region.
The table below shows the proportion of new claims to Universal Credit Full Service that received some or all of their payment on time during the period requested:
Week commencing: | % of new claims to UC receiving some payment on time | % of new claims to UC receiving full payment on time |
18/09/2017 | 87% | 76% |
25/09/2017 | 86% | 76% |
02/10/2017 | 88% | 78% |
09/10/2017 | 88% | 76% |
16/10/2017 | 87% | 77% |
23/10/2017 | 88% | 78% |
30/10/2017 | 88% | 78% |
06/11/2017 | 88% | 79% |
13/11/2017 | 88% | 80% |
20/11/2017 | 88% | 81% |
27/11/2017 | 88% | 81% |
04/12/2017 | 90% | 82% |
11/12/2017 | 89% | 82% |
18/12/2017 | 91% | 84% |
25/12/2017 | 87% | 80% |
The data in the rows for 30/10/2017 to 25/12/2017 are estimates based on information currently available.
The average proportion of new claims for Universal Credit Full Service that received full payment on time over the entire period shown above is 80%.
The average proportion of new claims for Universal Credit Full Service that received some payment on time over the entire period shown above is 87%.