Universal Credit: Armed Forces

(asked on 17th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Armed Forces personnel, across all branches of the Armed Forces and including reservists, have claimed Universal Credit each financial year from 2013-14 to 2021-2022.


Answered by
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Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 20th October 2022

As set out in response to PQ 11553, DWP began collecting armed forces status on UC claimants from April 2021. Therefore, it is not possible to provide figures back to 2013.

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