AQW 14529/22-27

Ms Sian Mulholland
Alliance Party
North Antrim

Tabled Date: 05/09/2024
Answered On Date: 19/09/2024
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) the number of people that made new claims for Universal Credit in the last two years; and (ii) the number of those people that received their first payment on time.

Answer:

Universal Credit is a household benefit. In the period May 2022 to May 2024 there were 115,320 new claims to Universal Credit in which a household’s eligibility for Universal Credit was confirmed and their entitlement calculated. Official statistics are available to view at www.communities-ni.gov.uk/publications/universal-credit-statistics-may-2024

98% of these new claims received their first payment on time.