Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made for alternative payment arrangements under universal credit; and what the outcomes were of those applications.

We published an ad hoc publication on Alternative Payment Arrangements in July 2016 which is available at the following link. We intend to publish further information in this area shortly.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-statistics-on-alternative-payment-arrangements