Self-employment Working Tax Credits claimant survey and follow-up research
This report provides information on self-employed Working Tax Credit claimants and qualititative follow-up research.
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It is anticipated that a large proportion of existing self-employer Working Tax Credit claimants will be moving to Universal Credit as it continues to roll out. We commissioned this research to find out more about self-employed Working Tax Credit claimants and their work.
The research explored:
- the characteristics of self-employed people claiming Working Tax Credit
- why they became self-employed
- their income, hours worked and business expectations
- how self-employed people organised their work around other commitments
- how those seeking to develop their business identified and secured support
This research will inform decisions around:
- the optimal design of Universal Credit
- the DWP offer to self-employed people claiming Universal Credit
Authors: Simon Pannell (DWP), Trinh Tu and Alex Bollen (Ipsos-Mori)