Data Dashboard
Published Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
Provides our latest constituency estimates for Universal Credit roll-out, the Government's new working-age benefit
This page provides constituency statistics on Universal Credit in Great Britain, including our estimate of how far caseload rollout has progressed to date.
Universal Credit (UC) replaces six ‘legacy’ benefits and tax credits for working-age households. The Government first launched UC in 2013 and completed the delivery rollout of the UC Full Service to all jobcentres in Great Britain by the end of 2018.
It currently expects all households claiming legacy benefits and tax credits to have moved across to UC by September 2024. This expansion of UC across the target population of working-age households receiving means-tested support is what we call caseload rollout.
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Universal Credit is the replacement for six legacy benefits and tax credits:
Households who are receiving legacy benefits and/or tax credits continue to receive these unless and until:
The varying pace of UC delivery rollout to jobcentres across Great Britain by the end of 2018 means that the proportion of households who are on UC rather than the legacy system currently varies from area to area. The ongoing pace of caseload rollout will depend on the rate at which households close their legacy claims and open UC claims, or are moved across as part of managed migration.
We measure the progress of UC caseload rollout in an area by comparing the number of households claiming UC in an area with our estimate of the total number of households still in the legacy system. Our estimate is based on the following data on legacy benefit caseloads:
In-work households
Out-of-work households
For the most recent months, when the latest statistics on legacy benefits typically lag behind Universal Credit household statistics, we estimate how much the legacy estimate has declined over the period based on the expected completion date of caseload rollout. Note that our latest estimates of legacy benefit caseloads are subject to future revision as and when new caseload statistics are published by the DWP and HMRC.
We aim to update most aspects of this dashboard monthly, in line with data releases from HMRC and the Department for Work and Pensions, but the data shown here may not be the latest available. MPs and their staff can contact the Commons Library with queries about updates.
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