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.
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:
- Numbers of households and individuals are rounded to the nearest 100.
- Households with a UC award of zero but whose claims have not yet closed are not included.
- 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.
- 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.