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Written question asked by Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) on Thursday, 16 January 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 January 2020 (named day). It was answered by Will Quince (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 January 2020 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Universal Credit: Torfaen

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people transferred onto universal credit in Torfaen constituency in the last 12 months.

Answer

Universal Credit is now the main system of working age welfare support across the country. It is available in every Jobcentre, with a caseload of over 2.8 million claimants, growing every month, now able to access the additional support and flexibilities it offers.

Most people only move to Universal Credit because they have had a significant change in their circumstances which would previously have led them to make a new claim to a legacy benefit.

Data surrounding the number of households on Universal Credit in the parliamentary constituency of Torfaen and across Wales, along with payments issued in full and on time is published online and can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

The Department has committed to updating Parliament and stakeholders on progress surrounding our Move to Universal Credit pilot.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4415
Session
2019-21
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Torfaen Universal credit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk