Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 28 November 2023.
John Healey
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average annual amount of Universal Credit paid to (a) serving members of the Armed Forces and (b) veterans was in each year since 2018.
John Healey
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with at least one member serving in the armed forces are claiming Universal Credit.
John Healey
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants were (a) serving armed forces personnel and (b) veterans in each year since 2018.
Jo Churchill
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
The information requested is not available. We do not know the total number of currently serving armed forces personnel who are claiming UC.
We have been collecting information, on those that have identified themselves as serving or have served, since April 2021, but we do not yet have enough responses to accurately estimate the total number.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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