Official Statistics

Universal Credit: 29 April 2013 to 10 October 2019

Official experimental statistics including the number of people and households on Universal Credit, starts and claims.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 12 November 2019

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Universal Credit statistics: 29 April 2013 to 10 October 2019

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Data tables: Universal Credit, monthly experimental official statistics to 10 October 2019

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These monthly experimental statistics include the total number of people:

• who have made a claim for Universal Credit to 10 October 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 October 2019
• who are on Universal Credit at 10 October 2019

The statistics are broken down by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• age
• employment status
• conditionality regime
• duration

We have made changes to the Universal Credit statistics to make them better for users. From our November 2019 publication onwards, the employment indicator for ‘people on Universal Credit’ is no longer available in the provisional figures published for the latest month. This change follows a review of the suitability of the employment indicator methodology. This breakdown will be added when the figures for the latest month are revised in the following publication. Provisional figures will still be available for all other breakdowns published. See this statistical notice for further information.

Interactive statistics

View an interactive map which shows statistics on households on Universal Credit at Local Authority level.

View an interactive map with statistics on Universal Credit claimants at Jobcentre Plus office level.

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

The statistical bulletin is published every quarter, in line with the release that includes data on:

• people
• households
• claims and starts to Universal Credit

The next statistical bulletin will be published on 18 February 2020. Data for people on Universal Credit is available in Stat-Xplore on a monthly basis. Supplementary information is provided in ODS tables.

Next release of Universal Credit statistics: 17 December 2019.

Read the background information and methodology note for more information about the Universal Credit statistics.

Published 12 November 2019