Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have applied for universal credit advance loan payments in the last 12 months; and how many of those applications were successful.

I refer the hon Member to the reply to Question 162992 on 16 July.

Additionally, our latest internal management information data as of July 2018 shows that over 60% of new claims currently receive either a ‘New Claim’ or ‘Benefit Transfer’ advance which shows claimants are getting the support they need.