Justin Tomlinson corrected a written answer on Universal Credit: Housing

6 December 2018 · Commons written answer · Department for Work and Pensions

Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru, Arfon) asked written question 192811 on 19 November 2018. Justin Tomlinson answered on 27 November 2018 for the Department for Work and Pensions, and Justin Tomlinson corrected the answer on 6 December 2018. The figure 471,800 in the original became 425,400 in the correction, lower by 46,400. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are also claiming the state pension.

Original and corrected answer

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The table gives the estimated number of households receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table. Estimated number of households in payment and receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018 Total \| ~~471,800~~ Claiming State Pension \| 200 Source: Household on Universal Credit dataset and Work and Pensions Longitudinal Survey. Notes: The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding. A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit. Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf	The table gives the estimated number of households receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table. Estimated number of households in payment and receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018 Total \| 425,400 Claiming State Pension \| 200 Source: Household on Universal Credit dataset and Work and Pensions Longitudinal Survey. Notes: The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding. A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit. Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf

Original

Corrected

The table gives the estimated number of households receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.
Estimated number of households in payment and receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018
Total
| ~~471,800~~
Claiming State Pension
| 200
Source: Household on Universal Credit dataset and Work and Pensions Longitudinal Survey.
Notes:
The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.
Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit.
Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf

The table gives the estimated number of households receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.
Estimated number of households in payment and receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, May 2018
Total
| 425,400
Claiming State Pension
| 200
Source: Household on Universal Credit dataset and Work and Pensions Longitudinal Survey.
Notes:
The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.
Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.
A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for households on Universal Credit.
Further information on the background and methodology for Universal Credit can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Related key figures

People on Universal Credit (Great Britain)

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