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 also claiming the state pension.


Answered by
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Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 27th November 2018

The table gives the estimated number of households receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 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 in Great Britain, May 2018

Total

425,400

Claiming State Pension

200

Source: Household on Universal Credit dataset and Work and Pensions Longitudinal Survey.

Notes:

  1. The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.
  1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
  2. A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit.
  3. Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf
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