Question follow-through · 17899
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of Universal Credit have (a) no member of the household in employment, (b) no member of the household in receipt of a (i) health and (ii) disability related benefit and (c
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of Universal Credit have (a) no member of the household in employment, (b) no member of the household in receipt of a (i) health and (ii) disability related benefit and (c
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jul 2026
Answer published
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, monthly Universal Credit statistics for the number of households in receipt of Universal Credit by the Number of Children Aged 0 to 4 are publ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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