Move to Universal Credit statistics
These official statistics under development cover the number of people who have been sent managed migration notices inviting them to claim Universal Credit.
This collection contains quarterly updates for people who have been sent managed migration notices inviting them to claim Universal Credit
Quarterly data are published in August, November, February, May alongside a statistical bulletin with detailed commentary. The exact publication dates for the quarterly releases are listed in the statistics release calendar.
Stat-Xplore
The statistics are also released via Stat-Xplore and contain an additional breakdown of detailed legacy benefit type and whether an extension to the claim deadline was granted.
An indicator is now available within the ‘People on Universal Credit’ dataset on Stat-Xplore, which allows users to include a breakdown on the Universal Credit caseload by Move to Universal Credit managed migration.
Feedback
We welcome all feedback on the content, relevance, accessibility and timing of these statistics to help us in producing statistics that meet user needs. For non-media enquiries on these statistics, email: ucad.briefinganalysis@dwp.gov.uk
For media enquiries please contact the DWP press office.
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Guidance on Move to Universal Credit statistics
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Updates to this page
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Ad hoc statistics publication added: 'Evaluation of those invited to move to Universal Credit from tax credits'
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Added the latest statistics release 'Move to Universal Credit, July 2022 to end December 2025'.
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Added the latest statistics release 'Move to Universal Credit, July 2022 to end September 2025
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Added the latest statistics release 'Move to Universal Credit, July 2022 to end June 2025'.
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Added the latest release of statistics, data for July 2022 to end March 2025.
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Added the latest release of statistics, data for July 2022 to end December 2024.
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Added link to latest release of 'Move to Universal Credit, July 2022 to end September 2024'.
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Added the latest release of statistics, data for July 2022 to June 2024.
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Added the latest release of statistics, data for July 2022 to March 2024.
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Added a link to the latest release move to Universal Credit statistics, data to December 2023.
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Added the latest release of statistics, data for July 2022 to August 2023.
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