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Universal Credit: Debts

Answer

The number of customers who had deductions from UC posted to non-UC debts on Debt Manager in October 2022 was 776,664.

The table below shows the benefit to which the deductions were posted. Note that the total number of customers who had deduction posted, will be fewer than the number shown in the table, as some customers will have had deductions posted to more than one debt in the month of October, the period covered by the table, e.g., one debt ended, and another commenced.

Benefit	Volume
Attendance Allowance	10
Affordable Credit Deductions Scheme	7,280
Administrative Penalty	480
Bereavement Allowance	10
Carers Allowance	28,430
CA Short Term Advance	0
Civil Penalty	4,800
Disability Living Allowance	1,340
Disability Working Allowance	0
Employment & Support Allowance: Contribution Based	2,390
ESAC Short Term Advance	10
Employment & Support Allowance: Income Related	17,930
ESAIR Short Term Advance	90
Employment & Support Allowance: New Style	390
Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance	0
Family Credit	50
Housing Benefit	86,120
Income Support	42,330
IS Short Term Advance	30
Incapacity Benefit	1,250
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit	0
Integration Loans Scheme	2,310
Invalidity Benefit	10
Jobseeker's Allowance: Contribution Based	410
JSAC Short Term Advance	110
Jobseeker's Allowance: Income Based	9,870
JSAIB Short Term Advance	540
Jobseeker's Allowance: New Style	1,280
Maternity Allowance	140
Pension Credit	190
Personal Independence Payment	1,640
Reduced Earnings Allowance	0
Retirement Pension: Contributory	10
Non-Contributory Retirement Pension Short Term Advance	0
Sickness Benefit	0
Severe Disablement Allowance	50
Social Fund Budgeting Loan	112,690
Social Fund Crisis Loan	40,110
Social Fund: Budgeting Loan Overpayment	180
Social Fund: Community Care Grant Overpayment	20
Social Fund: Crisis Loan Overpayment	50
Social Fund Cold Weather Overpayment	40
Social Fund: Funeral Payment Overpayment	10
Social Fund: SS Maternity Grant Overpayment	10
Supplementary Benefit	50
Tax Credit Overpayment	515,120
Non-UC Tax Credit Overpayment	7,860
Unemployment Benefit	10
Widow's Benefit	10
Widowed Mother's Allowance	40
Widows Pension	10
Widowed Parent's Allowance	460

Please note that the numbers provided have been rounded to the nearest 10.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

95845

Session

2022-23

Subjects

Debts Universal credit

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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