Social Security Benefits

(asked on 2nd February 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) tax credits only, (b) income-based jobseekers allowance, (c) employment support allowance and tax credits, (d) income support, (e) housing benefit only, other than people in supported accommodation or temporary accommodation and (f) housing benefit and tax credits only his Department plans to send a migration notice to in the 2024-25 financial year.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 8th February 2024

Move to UC Notifications (household) Aut-2023

24/25

JSA income based

20,000

ESA income based (and Child Tax Credits)

90,000

Income Support

110,000

Tax Credit & Housing Benefit

120,000

Tax Credit only

10,000

Housing Benefit only

100,000

Total

440,000

Notes:

  • This is the number of households DWP estimated it would notify to move to UC as of Autumn-23 (where households are couples only one member of the couple is counted).
  • The benefits are in a hierarchy so we do not double count households claiming multiple benefits. E.g. if a household claims JSA/ESA/IS and Tax Credits or Housing Benefit they only appear in the JSA/IS/ESA line. Households in the Tax Credit and Housing lines do not include households claiming ESA, JSA or IS.
  • Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10k.
  • Over 500,000 Tax Credit only households are scheduled to be notified in 2023/24
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