Universal Credit

(asked on 26th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2017 to Question 108094, on universal credit: Glasgow East, what the longest length of time in days was that a universal credit applicant has waited for their initial payment to date.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 31st October 2017

There is no data broken down by area or region.

However, data published on 2 October 2017 shows that, nationally, 81% of new full service claims received their first payment in full and on time. Across the whole of Universal Credit 92% of all households received full payment on time. The published data can be found here.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-payment-timeliness-january-to-june-2017

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