Written question asked by Clive Betts (Labour) on Thursday, 21 July 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 September 2022 (named day). It was answered by Paul Scully (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 September 2022 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Unemployment Benefits

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the people who stopped claiming unemployment related benefits (a) moved to other benefits, (b) moved to other conditionality groups and (c) stopped receiving benefits altogether in the period between September 2021 and February 2022; and if she will make an estimate of the number of people who (i) stopped claiming unemployment related benefits in that period and (ii) moved from benefits into work during her Department's Way to Work campaign.

Answer: Monthly data on the delivery of the scheme are available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-rebate-monitoring-data-april-june-2022

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