Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96277

Universal Credit

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Helen Whately

ConservativeFaversham and Mid Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for every year since 2017, what proportion of Universal Credit claimants with dependent children are (a) in work and (b) not in work.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Table 1 provides the proportion of Universal Credit households with children, broken down by in work or not in work. Notes:1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1%.2. Figures are for households receiving Universal Credit in assessment periods ending...

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