AQW 30497/22-27


Ms Sian Mulholland
Alliance Party
North Antrim


Tabled Date: 05/09/2025
Answered On Date: 18/09/2025
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Universal Credit New Claim Grants awarded since their introduction.


Answer:
The number of Universal Credit New Claim grants (formerly known as Universal Credit Contingency Fund grants until March 2025) awarded since their introduction in 2017, is set out in the table below;
Year
Awarded and paid
2017/2018
90
2018/2019
4,230
2019/2020
4,800
2020/2021
4,800
2021/2022
7,662
2022/2023
9,740
2023/2024
11,160
2024/2025*
15,224*
*subject to final reconciliation checks prior to publishing