Universal Credit
(asked on 21st November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants in employment have had a disputed earnings referral in respect of their claim in each month since April 2017.
I refer the Hon Member to the reply to Question 146120, which contains the information from May 2017 to April 2018. Information from May 2018 onwards can be seen in the table below.
Month | May 2018 | June 2018 | July 2018 | August 2018 | Sept 2018 | Oct 2018 |
Number of claimants with disputes | 3302 | 3348 | 4349 | 4946 | 3805 | 5737 |
Caseload on Universal Credit | 921,009 | 982,354 | 1,041,240 | 1,117,206 | 1,217,964 | 1,317,985 |
Disputes as a proportion of total caseload | 0.36% | 0.34% | 0.42% | 0.44% | 0.31% | 0.44% |