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Universal Credit

Asked by Antonia BanceLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 77742

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with children claiming Universal Credit contain two adults in full-time work in the latest period for which data is available.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Data on two-earner couple households in which both earners are in full-time work is not held.

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