Question follow-through · 101051
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households on Universal Credit have a combined income between £831 and £861 a month after tax and national insurance contributions, broken down by those who are (a) employed and (b) self-employ
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 40 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households on Universal Credit have a combined income between £831 and £861 a month after tax and national insurance contributions, broken down by those who are (a) employed and (b) self-employ
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jan 2026
Answer published
Of the 6.9 million households on Universal Credit in the most recent month for which official statistics are available (August 2025), around 40,000 households had an income of between £831 and £861 from employment and/or self-employment. Around 7,000 of t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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