Official statistics (experimental) on Universal Credit for England, Scotland and Wales released according to arrangements approved by the https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice" class="govuk-link">UK Statistics Authority.

Summary tables for Universal Credit statistics are available on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore.

The bulletin and background information and methodology document have been reviewed and updated. The Universal Credit statistics production team encourage feedback on what changes are welcomed and what further improvements could be made. Email your feedback to: team.ucos@dwp.gov.uk.

These experimental statistics contain data for the total number of people:

• who have submitted a claim for Universal Credit with a personal declaration to 9 January 2020
• who have made a claim and have attended an initial interview, accepted their claimant commitment, and gone on to start Universal Credit up to 9 January 2020
• who are on Universal Credit at 9 January 2020

They also contain data for the total number of households on Universal Credit at 14 November 2019.

All data is available on Stat-Xplore.

People on Universal Credit statistics has count data by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• country, region, local authority and census area output
• Westminster parliamentary constituency
• postcode (district)
• age
• conditionality regime
• duration
• gender
• employment status (to 12 December 2019)

Claims on Universal Credit statistics has count data by postcode (area).

Starts on Universal Credit statistics has count data by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• postcode (area)
• age
• gender

Households on Universal Credit statistics has counts and average (mean) payment by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• country, region, local authority and census area output
• Westminster parliamentary constituency
• postcode (district)
• additional elements (carer, child, childcare, disabled child, housing (by tenure), limited capability to work
• alternative payment arrangements (managed payment to landlord, more frequent payment, split payment)
• Scottish choices (direct payment to landlord, more frequent payment)
• family type
• monthly award (bands)
• payment indicator
• payment timeliness (to 10 October 2019)

Interactive statistics

Alternative ways to view Universal Credit statistics are available:

• summary tables and custom made tables and charts available from https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics
• http://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f90fb305d8da4eb3970812b3199cf489" class="govuk-link">Universal Credit claimants at Jobcentre Plus office level on an interactive map
• http://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=8560a06de0f2430ab71505772163e8b4" class="govuk-link">households on Universal Credit at Local Authority level on an interactive map
• https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/dashboards/uch/index.html" class="govuk-link">Universal Credit household statistics by region on an interactive dashboard

Next releases

People on Universal Credit statistics are released monthly.

Next monthly release: 17 March 2020

Households on Universal Credit statistics, and claims and starts for Universal Credit are released quarterly.

Next quarterly release: 19 May 2020

Guidance

An updated background information and methodology guidance document has been published w

Official statistics (experimental) on Universal Credit for England, Scotland and Wales released according to arrangements approved by the https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice" class="govuk-link">UK Statistics Authority.

Summary tables for Universal Credit statistics are available on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore.

The bulletin and background information and methodology document have been reviewed and updated. The Universal Credit statistics production team encourage feedback on what changes are welcomed and what further improvements could be made. Email your feedback to: team.ucos@dwp.gov.uk.

These experimental statistics contain data for the total number of people:

• who have submitted a claim for Universal Credit with a personal declaration to 9 April 2020
• who have made a claim and have attended an initial interview, accepted their claimant commitment, and gone on to start Universal Credit up to 9 April 2020
• who are on Universal Credit at 9 April 2020

They also contain data for the total number of households on Universal Credit at 13 February 2020.

All data is available on Stat-Xplore.

People on Universal Credit statistics has count data by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• country, region, local authority and census area output
• Westminster parliamentary constituency
• postcode (district)
• age
• conditionality regime
• duration
• gender
• employment status (to 12 March 2020)

Claims on Universal Credit statistics has count data by postcode (area).

Starts on Universal Credit statistics has count data by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• postcode (area)
• age
• gender

Households on Universal Credit statistics has counts and average (mean) payment by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• country, region, local authority and census area output
• Westminster parliamentary constituency
• postcode (district)
• additional elements (carer, child, childcare, disabled child, housing (by tenure), limited capability to work
• alternative payment arrangements (managed payment to landlord, more frequent payment, split payment)
• Scottish choices (direct payment to landlord, more frequent payment)
• family type
• monthly award (bands)
• payment indicator
• payment timeliness (to 9 January 2020)

Interactive statistics

View http://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f90fb305d8da4eb3970812b3199cf489" class="govuk-link">statistics on the Universal Credit claimants at Jobcentre Plus office level in an interactive map.

View http://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=8560a06de0f2430ab71505772163e8b4" class="govuk-link">an interactive map which shows statistics on households on Universal Credit at Local Authority level

View https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/dashboards/uch/index.html" class="govuk-link">an interactive dashboard of the latest Universal Credit household statistics by region.

Find further breakdowns of these statistics in https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics.

Next releases

People on Universal Credit statistics are released monthly.

Next monthly release: 16 June 2020

Households on Universal Credit statistics, and claims and starts for Universal Credit are released quarterly.

Next quarterly release: 11 August 2020

Pre-release access

In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24 hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We’ve published the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pre-rele

These are official statistics (experimental) on Universal Credit for England, Scotland and Wales released according to arrangements approved by the https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice" class="govuk-link">UK Statistics Authority.

Summary tables for Universal Credit statistics are available on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore.

The bulletin and background information and methodology document have been reviewed and updated. The Universal Credit statistics production team would welcome and encourage feedback on what changes are welcomed and what further improvements could be made.

Non-media enquiries: team.ucos@dwp.gov.uk

These experimental statistics contain data for the total number of people:

• who have submitted a claim for Universal Credit with a personal declaration to 8 October 2020
• who have made a claim and have attended an initial interview, accepted their claimant commitment, and gone on to start Universal Credit up to 8 October 2020
• who are on Universal Credit at 8 October 2020

They also contain data for the total number of households on Universal Credit at 13 August 2020.

All data is available on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore.

People on Universal Credit statistics has count data by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• country, region, local authority and census area output
• Westminster parliamentary constituency
• postcode (district)
• age
• conditionality regime
• duration
• gender
• employment status (to 10 September 2020)

Claims on Universal Credit statistics has count data by:

• postcode (area)

Starts on Universal Credit statistics has count data by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• postcode (area)
• age
• gender

Households on Universal Credit statistics has counts and average (mean) payment by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• country, region, local authority and census area output
• Westminster parliamentary constituency
• postcode (district)
• additional elements (carer, child, childcare, disabled child, housing (by tenure), limited capability to work
• alternative payment arrangements (managed payment to landlord, more frequent payment, split payment)
• Scottish choices (direct payment to landlord, more frequent payment)
• family type
• monthly award (bands)
• payment indicator
• payment timeliness (to 9 July 2020)

Interactive statistics

View https://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f90fb305d8da4eb3970812b3199cf489" class="govuk-link">statistics on the Universal Credit claimants at Jobcentre Plus office level in an interactive map.

View an https://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=8560a06de0f2430ab71505772163e8b4" class="govuk-link">interactive map which shows statistics on households on Universal Credit at Local Authority level.

View an https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/dashboards/uch/index.html" class="govuk-link">interactive dashboard of the latest Universal Credit household statistics by region.

Find further breakdowns of these statistics in https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics.

Pre-release access

In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24 hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We publish the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to 24 hour pre-release access to the latest Universal Credit statistics.

More information

Read the background information and methodology note for more information

Official statistics (experimental) on Universal Credit for England, Scotland and Wales released according to arrangements approved by the https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice" class="govuk-link">UK Statistics Authority.

Summary tables for Universal Credit statistics are available on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore.

The background information and methodology document has more information about the Universal Credit statistics.

From this publication of Universal Credit statistics (released on 23 February 2021), the Households series has been expanded to include information on:

• distinguishing between limited capability for work (LCW) payment element and the limited capability for work and work related activity (LCWRA) payment element

Accompanying metadata is available on Stat-Xplore for users to understand the definitions and coverage of these variables.

Within this release, supplementary data tables are available in ODS format covering:

• households on Universal Credit affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy, including the type of reduction and average amount of reduction
• whether the Local Housing Allowance covers the rent and an accompanying geographical breakdown by broad rental market area

The data for Removal of Spare Room Subsidy and Local Housing Allowance will be made available on Stat-Xplore on a future date, which will be announced on GOV.UK.

These additions to Universal Credit statistics have been made as part of the Universal Credit statistics release strategy and in response to user needs.

Non-media enquiries: team.ucos@dwp.gov.uk

These experimental statistics contain data for the total number of people:

• who have submitted a claim for Universal Credit with a personal declaration to 14 January 2021
• who have made a claim and have attended an initial interview, accepted their claimant commitment, and gone on to start Universal Credit up to 14 January 2021
• who are on Universal Credit at 14 January 2021

They also contain data for the total number of households on Universal Credit at 12 November 2020.

All data is available on Stat-Xplore.

Interactive statistics

View https://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f90fb305d8da4eb3970812b3199cf489" class="govuk-link">statistics on the Universal Credit claimants at Jobcentre Plus office level in an interactive map.

View https://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=8560a06de0f2430ab71505772163e8b4" class="govuk-link">an interactive map which shows statistics on households on Universal Credit at Local Authority level.

View https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/dashboards/uch/index.html" class="govuk-link">an interactive dashboard of the latest Universal Credit household statistics by region.

Find further breakdowns of these statistics on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics.

Next releases

People on Universal Credit statistics are released monthly.
Next release: 23 March 2021.

Households on Universal Credit statistics, and claims and starts for Universal Credit are released quarterly.
Next quarterly release: 18 May 2021.

Pre-release access

In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24-hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We publish the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to 24-hour <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pre-relea