Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 47343 on Universal Credit: Veterans, how many Universal Credit claimants have been identified as (a) serving and (b) having previously served in the Armed Forces for the assessment periods ending in August 2022.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started collecting data on the Armed Forces status of Universal Credit (UC) claimants in Great Britain (GB) in April 2021. Further information on the caseload definition used for the UC official statistics can be found on Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

GB UC caseload by recorded Armed Forces status

Notes:

1. Data is not collected on the Armed Forces status of UC claimants in Northern Ireland. The figures provided only relate to Great Britain.

2. Percentages are rounded to the nearest percent and numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.

3. Figures may be subject to retrospective changes as more up-to-date data becomes available or if methodological improvements are made.

4. The figures above differ from those previously provided because methodological improvements mean it is no longer necessary to restrict analysis to claimants with UC assessment periods ending in a given month. Instead, the figures have been provided on a basis that is consistent with the caseload definition that is used for the UC official statistics.

5. Further information on the caseload definition used for the UC official statistics can be found on Stat-Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/