Universal Credit
(asked on 21st February 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of applications to delay migration from tax credits to universal credit have been granted in each of the last 12 months.
The following table provides information on the number of extension requests granted. The data relating to the proportion of people who requested an extension and then were granted an extension cannot be provided because it is not held centrally.
Tax Credit claimants | ||
| Migration Notices sent to individuals | of which, extension to Migration Notice period granted |
Month Migration Notice sent |
| |
Jan-23 | 520 | 10 |
Feb-23 | 960 | 10 |
Mar-23 | 1,000 | 10 |
Apr-23 | 4,950 | 60 |
May-23 | 12,880 | 170 |
Jun-23 | 23,180 | 250 |
Jul-23 | 26,970 | 220 |
Aug-23 | 44,500 | 380 |
Sep-23 | 39,410 | 100 |
Notes:
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10
‘..’ indicates nil or negligible
Migration notices are included only until the end of September to allow households to have reached their deadline, in line with published official statistics to December 2023
Source: Move to Universal Credit operation system