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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • List of upcoming releases of DWP management information and ad hoc analyses.

  • Government Social Research publications commissioned by MOJ, which report the independent evaluation results of a pilot intervention providing early legal advice for housing, debt, and welfare benefit matters.

  • This report presents findings from an evaluation of the Restart Scheme.

  • List of upcoming Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ad hoc statistical releases.

  • Management information on SWAPs starts with age, sectoral and geographical breakdowns since April 2021.

  • Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claim.

  • Historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data usually consistent with the annual spring and autumn Budgets or Statements.

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

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

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

  • This is a release of official statistics in development and a statistical consultation on developing new statistics based on the Social Metrics Commission approach to poverty measurement. The consultation ran from 18 January…

  • This publication provides statistics on the estimated number of claimants affected by each of the Work Capability Assessment reform changes announced at Autumn Statement 2023.

  • Geographical analysis of Child Benefit at country, region, local authority, Westminster/Scottish parliamentary constituency, Lower Super Output Area, Super Data Zone and Data Zone levels.

  • This report contains the findings and recommendations from a review of the UK material deprivation measures.

  • This report presents the estimate from the tax year 2020 to 2021 Error and Fraud Analytical Programme, which measures error and fraud in the tax credits system.

  • This report presents the estimate from the tax year 2021 to 2022 Error and Fraud Analytical Programme, which measures error and fraud in the tax credits system.

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

  • These statistics are a snapshot of the overall caseload of people receiving Working Tax Credits and/or Child Tax Credits.