Research and statistics

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: 16 May 2024

• Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 11 April 2024

  This bulletin contains highlights from official statistics on claims,…

• Universal Credit childcare element statistics, March 2021 to February 2024

  Main stories The main stories are: in February 2024, 176,000 households…

This research explores how and why claimants claimed Carers’ Allowance (CA) and their experiences of claiming the benefit.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP research reports
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 16 May 2024

Estimates of unfulfilled eligibility levels in the benefit system in Great Britain in the financial year 2023 to 2024.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 16 May 2024

• Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2024

  These are Official Statistics in Development. 1. Introduction The…

• Background information: Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit system, 2023 to 2024 estimates

  Purpose of the statistics Context and purpose of the statistics This…

Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain in the financial year 2023 to 2024.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Part of a collection: Fraud and error in the benefit system
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 16 May 2024

This document provides details of upcoming Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) research publications.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 May 2024

Statistics about sanctions on Universal Credit (UC) Full Service, along with the historical series for UC Live Service.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Benefit sanctions statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 May 2024

Statistics about sanctions on Universal Credit (UC) Full Service, along with the historical series for UC Live Service.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Benefit sanctions statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 May 2024

Quarterly statistics about Maternity Allowance claims paid from 1 September to 30 November 2023.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Maternity Allowance: quarterly statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 May 2024

Statistics on the main benefits administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

• Document type: National Statistics
• Part of a collection: DWP benefits statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 May 2024

This release of statistics 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: 14 May 2024

This publication presents Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) management information on the number of and outcome of complaints about the Move to UC process.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Move to Universal Credit statistics and 2 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 May 2024

List of upcoming releases of DWP management information and ad hoc analyses.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP management information and ad hoc analyses
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 9 May 2024

Government Social Research publications commissioned by MOJ, which report the independent evaluation results of a pilot intervention providing early legal advice for housing, debt, and welfare benefit matters.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 9 May 2024

This report presents findings from an evaluation of the Restart Scheme.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP research reports
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 9 May 2024

List of upcoming Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ad hoc statistical releases.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Ad hoc statistical publications list
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 1 May 2024

Management information on SWAPs starts with age, sectoral and geographical breakdowns since April 2021.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP management information and ad hoc analyses
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 26 April 2024

Statistics on the average number of days to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claim.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Housing Benefit Debt Recoveries statistics and 1 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 24 April 2024

Summary of HM Revenue and Customs' tax receipts, National Insurance contributions (NICs), and expenditure for the UK.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Part of a collection: HM Revenue & Customs receipts statistics
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 23 April 2024

Historic and forecast benefit expenditure and caseload data usually consistent with the annual spring and autumn Budgets or Statements.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables and 1 others
• 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