IRRV Alert - week ending 22nd February 2019
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Universal Credit: 29 April 2013 to 10 January 2019
Official Statistics
Universal Credit: 29 April 2013 to 10 January 2019
Official experimental statistics including the number of people and households on Universal Credit, starts and claims.
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Details
These monthly experimental statistics include the total number of people:
- who have made a claim for Universal Credit to 10 January 2019
- who have made a claim and have attended an initial interview, accepted their claimant commitment, and gone on to start Universal Credit up to 10 January 2019
- who are on Universal Credit at 10 January 2019
The statistics are broken down by:
- Jobcentre Plus office
- age
- employment status
- conditionality regime
- duration
This month’s publication also includes statistics for households on Universal Credit up to 15 November 2018, showing the number of households and average monthly award amounts broken down by:
- Jobcentre Plus office
- entitlement components
- payment indicator
- family type
- tenure
Revision to Universal Credit statistics
There has been a revision to the number of people on Universal Credit for the period January 2016 to December 2018. Data on durations of time spent by individuals on Universal Credit has also been restored. Other measures are not affected. Read the statistical notice for more information.
Interactive statistics
View an interactive map which shows statistics on households on Universal Credit at Local Authority level.
View statistics on the Universal Credit claimants at Jobcentre Plus office level in an interactive map.
View an interactive dashboard of the latest Universal Credit household statistics by region.
Find further breakdowns of these statistics in Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics.
More information
Read the background information and methodology note for more information about the Universal Credit statistics.
We are making the following changes to the Universal Credit statistics to make them better for users.
The statistical bulletin (in PDF format) will be published every quarter, in line with the release that includes data on:
- people
- households
- claims and starts to Universal Credit
The next PDF bulletin will be published on 14 May 2019. Data for people on Universal Credit will still be available in Stat-Xplore and ODS tables on a monthly basis.
Next ODS tables release of these statistics: 19 March 2019.