PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit: Housing (2 July 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of universal credit claimants with a rent liability receive their first payment of housing costs within two months of their date of claim.

Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)

For claims to UC that are entitled to support for housing costs and due a first payment in March 2018, which is the most recent month for which internal figures are available, more than 90% of claims (30,000 claims) receive their support for housing within 2 months of the date of claim.

Answered by:
Kit Malthouse (Conservative)
5 July 2018