Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are claiming universal credit in Romford constituency.

Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.7 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.

The latest available information on the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Romford is published online and can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html