Question follow-through · 37321

Universal Credit: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the gender breakdown is for Universal Credit claimants who are single parents.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
17 Mar 2025
Answer
17 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the gender breakdown is for Universal Credit claimants who are single parents.

  2. 17 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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