Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total deductions for Universal Credit claimants aged under 25 were in the most recent month for which figures are available; and what the average such deduction was.

Household level figures have been provided as deductions are applied at the household level and not at claimant level.

In May 2022, the total deductions for Under 25 households on Universal Credit was £9,783,000 and the average deduction was £41. For the same period, the total number of households on Universal Credit with a deduction was 238,000. This accounts for 36% of all under 25 households.

Notes:

1. Total deductions have been rounded to the nearest thousand pounds and average deductions to the nearest pound

2.Total number of households on UC have been rounded to the nearest thousand and percentages to the nearest percent.

3. For couple claims an under 25 household has been defined as both claimants in the household being under 25.

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. Data for May 2022 has been provided in line with the latest available UC Household Statistics