Research and statistics

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics and 1 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 16 May 2024

• Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 11 April 2024

  This bulletin contains highlights from official statistics on claims,…

• Universal Credit childcare element statistics, March 2021 to February 2024

  Main stories The main stories are: in February 2024, 176,000 households…

This release of statistics contains the number of claimants of DWP legacy benefits and Tax Credits who have been sent a notice inviting them to claim Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Move to Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 May 2024

• Completing the move to Universal Credit: Statistics related to the move of households claiming Tax Credits and DWP Benefits to Universal Credit: data to end of March 2024

  Main Stories It should be noted that households who have been sent a…

This publication presents Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) management information on the number of and outcome of complaints about the Move to UC process.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Move to Universal Credit statistics and 2 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 May 2024

• Move to Universal Credit complaint statistics: April 2023 to March 2024

  Background and Introduction You can make a complaint if you’re unhappy…

Statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 22 April 2024

Statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 22 April 2024

Ad hoc statistics about the number of long-term out of work claimants on Universal Credit in the “Searching for Work” labour market regime.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Ad hoc statistical analyses: 2024
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 19 April 2024

This report summarises the characteristics of self-employed Universal Credit (UC) claimants during Autumn 2020-2021.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP ad hoc research
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 5 April 2024

Statistics on the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 March 2024

These statistics provide the number of complaints received and cleared by DWP about the move to Universal Credit process.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP management information and ad hoc analyses and 1 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 11 March 2024

This report assesses the effects of Universal Credit on the labour market outcomes of single parents.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP research reports
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 5 March 2024

This document sets out further Tax Credit claimant research and early evidence from discovery work looking at people on other combinations of legacy benefits.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP ad hoc research
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 29 February 2024

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 13 February 2024

This release of official statistics under development contains the number of claimants of DWP legacy benefits and Tax Credits who have been sent a notice inviting them to claim Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Move to Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 13 February 2024

Statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 16 January 2024

Statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 19 December 2023

Statistics on the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 December 2023

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 November 2023

This release of statistics under development cover the number of people who have been sent managed migration notices inviting them to claim Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Move to Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 November 2023

This research aims to develop an understanding of Universal Credit telephone claims and what the benefits and drawbacks are compared to online claim management.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP research reports
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 20 October 2023

Official statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 17 October 2023