Research and statistics

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 22 April 2024

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 22 April 2024

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Ad hoc statistical analyses: 2024
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 19 April 2024

• Long-term out of work and “Searching for Work” claimants on Universal Credit, January 2023 to January 2024

  Introduction This publication provides ad hoc statistics about the number…

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

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP ad hoc research
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 5 April 2024

Statistics on the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 March 2024

These statistics provide the number of complaints received and cleared by DWP about the move to Universal Credit process.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP management information and ad hoc analyses
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 11 March 2024

This report assesses the effects of Universal Credit on the labour market outcomes of single parents.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP research reports
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 5 March 2024

This document sets out further Tax Credit claimant research and early evidence from discovery work looking at people on other combinations of legacy benefits.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP ad hoc research
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 29 February 2024

This release of official statistics under development contains the number of claimants of DWP legacy benefits and Tax Credits who have been sent a notice inviting them to claim Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Move to Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 13 February 2024

Official statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics and 1 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 13 February 2024

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 16 January 2024

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 19 December 2023

Statistics on the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 December 2023

Official statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Move to Universal Credit statistics and 1 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 November 2023

This release of statistics under development cover the number of people who have been sent managed migration notices inviting them to claim Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Move to Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 November 2023

This research aims to develop an understanding of Universal Credit telephone claims and what the benefits and drawbacks are compared to online claim management.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP research reports
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 20 October 2023

Official statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 17 October 2023

Official statistics on the number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 September 2023

Official statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 12 September 2023

This document sets out lessons learnt from moving tax credit claimants to Universal Credit to date and the subsequent improvements made to the claimant journey as a result.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Move to Universal Credit statistics and 1 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 15 August 2023