PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit: Housing (8 October 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2018 to Question 159621 Universal Credit: Housing, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants with a rent liability received their first payment of housing costs within two months of their date of claim for each month since March 2018.

Asked by:
Mike Kane (Labour)

For claims to UC Full Service that were due a first payment in July 2018 (the most recent month for which data is available), and that were entitled to support for housing costs, 95% of claims received support for housing within 2 months of the date of claim.

Results for March 2018 to July 2018 are shown in the table below:

Month in which first UC payment due	Proportion of claims that were entitled to support for housing costs, which receive support for housing within 2 months of the date of claim
March 2018	90%
April 2018	90%
May 2018	91%
June 2018	93%
July 2018	95%

Notes:

These results can change retrospectively as further information is received.

There are a number of reasons payments may be delayed including failure by claimants to provide information or attend initial appointments.

Answered by:
Lord Sharma (Conservative)
11 October 2018