Universal Credit: Children

(asked on 9th March 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Nick Thomas-Symonds Portrait
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Labour - Torfaen)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of children in each age group that will be in households in receipt of universal credit once it is fully introduced.

Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 14th March 2016

The number of children in each age group estimated to be in households in receipt of Universal Credit, once fully rolled-out, is:


Age of Child


Number of Children in Households not receiving UC


Number of Children in Households receiving UC


0-2


1,300,000


1,430,000


3-5


1,090,000


1,300,000


6-8


1,020,000


1,170,000


9-11


960,000


1,050,000


12-14


1,120,000


1,000,000


15-18


1,310,000


1,030,000

The proportion of children in each age group estimated to be in households in receipt of Universal Credit, once fully rolled-out, is:


Age of Child


Proportion of Children in Households not receiving UC


Proportion of Children in Households receiving UC


0-2


48%


52%


3-5


46%


54%


6-8


47%


53%


9-11


48%


52%


12-14


53%


47%


15-18


56%


44%

These estimates have been made using the Department’s Policy Simulation Model, which is based on the Family Resources Survey (FRS)

The actual number of children in households receiving Universal Credit once fully rolled-out is dependent on a range of factors including demographic changes and the economic conditions at that time, and therefore these estimates are sensitive to changes in modelling and economic assumptions.

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