“Clunky” Government systems stand in way of more frequent cost of living support payments next winter

The Treasury Committee today reveals that the Government is unable to make more frequent cost [...]

Family Resources Survey

An annual report that provides facts and figures about the incomes and living circumstances of [...]

Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 12 January 2023

Official experimental statistics for the number of claims, starts, people and households on Universal Credit. [...]

Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) increases

Between 1978 and 1997, contracted-out defined benefit pension schemes were required to provide a Guaranteed [...]

Completing the move to Universal Credit: Learning from the Discovery Phase

Universal Credit (UC) has streamlined and simplified the benefits system by combining six “legacy”[footnote 1] [...]

Bereavement benefits extended to unmarried cohabiting parents

Cohabiting parents with dependent children who need support following the death of their partner can [...]

Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2022 (experimental)

Quarterly release of statistics on Benefit Sanctions and includes data up to October 2022. [...]

£842 million available to help families in need

Councils to be allocated money to directly help those most in need with essential food [...]

The number of new disability benefit claimants has doubled in a year

The number of working-age people newly awarded disability benefits doubled between July 2021 and July [...]

ESA: Work Capability Assessments, Mandatory Reconsiderations and Appeals: December 2022

This is a summary of the latest National Statistics on the outcomes of completed Employment [...]