United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 64179
Universal Credit: Armed Forces
Introduced
17 October 2022
Last action
20 October 2022 · Answer
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Answered
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Subjects
Defence
Source updated
20 October 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Armed Forces personnel, across all branches of the Armed Forces and including reservists, have claimed Universal Credit each financial year from 2013-14 to 2021-2022.
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17 October 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Armed Forces personnel, across all branches of the Armed Forces and including reservists, have claimed Universal Credit each financial year from 2013-14 to 2021-2022.
Source: Commons
20 October 2022
Answer
As set out in response to PQ 11553, DWP began collecting armed forces status on UC claimants from April 2021. Therefore, it is not possible to provide figures back to 2013.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-10-17/64179
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1523052
- uk · wq-1523052 · source updated 20 October 2022