Universal Credit
(asked on 25th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of universal credit claimants likely to face hardship as a result of the seven-day waiting period before new claimants are paid.
This question was answered on 3rd March 2015
This information is not available. If a claimant is in urgent financial need they will be able to claim a UC New Claim Advance.