Question follow-through · 62751

Universal Credit: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Universal Credit and (b) Universal Credit health element claimants are (i) current and (ii) previous members of the UK Armed Forces.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 30 Jun 2025
Answer: 30 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026

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Recorded timeline

25 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Universal Credit and (b) Universal Credit health element claimants are (i) current and (ii) previous members of the UK Armed Forces.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2025
Answer published
Data is not held on the total number of UC claimants who are currently serving in the Armed Forces or who have served in the past. Data is held on those who have identified themselves so far. Therefore, data on Armed Forces status has only been recorded f...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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