Universal Credit: Self-employed

(asked on 17th May 2023) - 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 (a) households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant and (b) people living in households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant were subject to the Minimum Income Floor in the last 12 months for which data is available.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 24th May 2023

The table below shows the number and proportion of (a) households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant and (b) people living in households with a self-employed Universal Credit claimant subject to the Minimum Income Floor from March 2022 to February 2023.

Households with one or more self-employed claimants

Individuals in households with one or more self-employed claimants

Number subject to the MIF

Proportion subject to the MIF

Number subject to the MIF

Proportion subject to the MIF

Mar-22

53,400

13%

84,700

14%

Apr-22

60,000

15%

95,500

17%

May-22

62,800

15%

100,200

18%

Jun-22

64,200

16%

102,200

18%

Jul-22

65,000

16%

103,500

18%

Aug-22

66,900

16%

106,500

19%

Sep-22

70,200

17%

111,700

20%

Oct-22

78,700

20%

124,700

22%

Nov-22

86,700

22%

137,300

24%

Dec-22

93,900

23%

148,700

26%

Jan-23

104,500

26%

165,500

29%

Feb-23

111,000

27%

175,500

31%

Source: Universal Credit Management Information

Notes:

  1. Numbers of households and individuals are rounded to the nearest 100.
  2. Households with a UC award of zero but whose claims have not yet closed are not included.
  3. Claimants are counted as subject to the Minimum Income Floor if they are gainfully self-employed, not in a start-up period, and do not have temporary easement under which the MIF is not applied.
  4. During the period shown there has been a large increase in numbers and proportions subject to the Minimum Income Floor as 12 month start-up periods come to an end for the large volume of claimants assessed in the period following the re-introduction of the MIF in August 2021.
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