Universal Credit
(asked on 7th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many, and what percentage of, Universal Credit claimants are on alternative payments arrangements.
Alternative Payment Arrangements for Universal Credit are only available at Household level and can be found in the tables below.
UC households claiming Housing Entitlement split by those receiving Managed Payment to Landlord by Month
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| August 2018 (p) | Percentage of relevant claims | |
Number of Households receiving Managed Payments to Landlords | 106,538 | 18% | |
Total UC households claiming Housing Entitlement | 582,859 |
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UC households in payment split by those receiving More Frequent Payments by Month
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| August 2018 (p) | Percentage of relevant claims | |
Number of Households receiving More Frequent Payments | 8,235 | 1% | |
Total UC Households in payment | 850,172 |
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UC Couple Households split by those receiving Split Payments by Month
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| August 2018 (p) | Percentage of relevant claims | ||
Number of Households receiving split payments | 20 | less than 1% | ||
Total UC Couple Households | 126,889 |
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Source: Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions
- Figures marked "p" are provisional. These figures will be subject to revision in subsequent releases. It is expected that overall provisional figures will be within two per cent of their revised figure in future releases.
- Percentages may not add up due to rounding.
- Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. As such totals may not sum.
- The figures for More Frequent Payments and Managed Payments to Landlords exclude those under Scottish Choices.