Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency did not receive the first cost of living benefit instalment due to them receiving a nil award during the relevant Universal Credit assessment period.

There were 1,200 households containing 1,400 claimants in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport who have not received the first Cost of Living Payment due to a nil award.

Notes:

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Great Britain level figures have been provided.
3. Nil awards have been defined as households that received a £0 Universal Credit payment and had no deductions for advance repayments, third party debts or government debts and had no money paid directly to their landlord by Universal Credit.
4. Figures are provisional and are subject to retrospective change as later data becomes available.
5. The methodology used is different to those used to derive the Official Statistics Household series and therefore, figures may not be comparable.
6. The methodology and data source may be slightly different to those used to derive entitlement to the Cost-of-Living Payment.