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What Universal Credit means for couples who make a joint claim, including who can make a joint claim and what they will be expected to do in return.
This guide explains changes to Universal Credit limited capability for work payments from 3 April 2017.
Information about Universal Credit service charge regulations for social landlords.
Urgent actions refugees need to do to claim Universal Credit and other benefits, once they have been given refugee status.
A user guide to the Universal Credit Official Statistics on Stat-Xplore.
This guidance will help you in conversations with claimants who may be affected by the Universal Credit 2 child policy before April 2026.
Information for prison leavers, work coaches and probation officers about Universal Credit.
This easy read guide explains when DWP may visit you to help you claim benefits and what to expect.
How to apply for a special payment if you claimed Income Support because of a disability or health condition instead of Employment and Support Allowance.
Information about Universal Credit statistics methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of the statistics covered.
Information about the Move to Universal Credit official experimental statistics.
Information about the methodology and quality assurance steps used to produce the Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments (WCA) statistical releases.
Welsh language detailed information for claimants can be found using the Cymraeg link.
Universal Credit is now available everywhere in Great Britain.
Information on the sources of the Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments (WCA) statistics and on their derivation.
This release strategy acts as the formal notice of the confirmed and proposed developments for Universal Credit Work Capability Assessment (UC WCA) Official Statistics.
These Universal Credit newsletters are published quarterly and provide information to social and private landlords about Universal Credit.
Information about Universal Credit statistics quality assurance of administrative data.
Information about Universal Credit statistics quality.
Local authorities and jobcentre areas that began to deliver Universal Credit as part of national expansion during 2015 and 2016.
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