The latest government statistics from July 2019 show that the number of clients on Universal Credit(UC) is rising quickly. Over 100,000 clients became entitled to UC in the month to 11th July.
Of these:
760,000 (33%) were in
employment
930,000 (41%) were in the Searching for Work conditionality regime
66,000 had more frequent than monthly
payments
50 had split payments between partners
210,000 (20%) of households that were entitled to support for housing costs had a Managed Payment to Landlord
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