Universal Credit: Debts
(asked on 24th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants have deductions attached to their claim for non-universal credit debts; and if he will publish a breakdown of the number of those claimants for each benefit.
The number of customers who had deductions from UC posted to non-UC debts on Debt Manager in October 2022 was 776,664.
The table below shows the benefit to which the deductions were posted. Note that the total number of customers who had deduction posted, will be fewer than the number shown in the table, as some customers will have had deductions posted to more than one debt in the month of October, the period covered by the table, e.g., one debt ended, and another commenced.
Benefit | Volume |
Attendance Allowance | 10 |
Affordable Credit Deductions Scheme | 7,280 |
Administrative Penalty | 480 |
Bereavement Allowance | 10 |
Carers Allowance | 28,430 |
CA Short Term Advance | 0 |
Civil Penalty | 4,800 |
Disability Living Allowance | 1,340 |
Disability Working Allowance | 0 |
Employment & Support Allowance: Contribution Based | 2,390 |
ESAC Short Term Advance | 10 |
Employment & Support Allowance: Income Related | 17,930 |
ESAIR Short Term Advance | 90 |
Employment & Support Allowance: New Style | 390 |
Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance | 0 |
Family Credit | 50 |
Housing Benefit | 86,120 |
Income Support | 42,330 |
IS Short Term Advance | 30 |
Incapacity Benefit | 1,250 |
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit | 0 |
Integration Loans Scheme | 2,310 |
Invalidity Benefit | 10 |
Jobseeker's Allowance: Contribution Based | 410 |
JSAC Short Term Advance | 110 |
Jobseeker's Allowance: Income Based | 9,870 |
JSAIB Short Term Advance | 540 |
Jobseeker's Allowance: New Style | 1,280 |
Maternity Allowance | 140 |
Pension Credit | 190 |
Personal Independence Payment | 1,640 |
Reduced Earnings Allowance | 0 |
Retirement Pension: Contributory | 10 |
Non-Contributory Retirement Pension Short Term Advance | 0 |
Sickness Benefit | 0 |
Severe Disablement Allowance | 50 |
Social Fund Budgeting Loan | 112,690 |
Social Fund Crisis Loan | 40,110 |
Social Fund: Budgeting Loan Overpayment | 180 |
Social Fund: Community Care Grant Overpayment | 20 |
Social Fund: Crisis Loan Overpayment | 50 |
Social Fund Cold Weather Overpayment | 40 |
Social Fund: Funeral Payment Overpayment | 10 |
Social Fund: SS Maternity Grant Overpayment | 10 |
Supplementary Benefit | 50 |
Tax Credit Overpayment | 515,120 |
Non-UC Tax Credit Overpayment | 7,860 |
Unemployment Benefit | 10 |
Widow's Benefit | 10 |
Widowed Mother's Allowance | 40 |
Widows Pension | 10 |
Widowed Parent's Allowance | 460 |
Please note that the numbers provided have been rounded to the nearest 10.