Universal Credit: Housing
(asked on 19th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are women.
We can provide an estimate based on households claiming Universal Credit by matching the Universal Credit household dataset (which contains information about the Housing Element), with the people on Universal Credit dataset (which contains information about gender). The table gives the estimated number of claimants receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, August 2018. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.
Estimated number of households in payment and receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit, Great Britain, August 2018 | |
Total | 530,000 |
Occupied by women (single or in a couple) | 365,000 |
Occupied by men (single or in a couple) | 248,000 |
Unknown | - |
Source: Universal Credit household dataset and people on Universal Credit dataset
Notes:
- The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.
- Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
- A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for the people and households on Universal Credit.
- Further information on the background and methodology can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf