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Universal Credit

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 26 January 2026UIN 101051

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households on Universal Credit have a combined income between £831 and £861 a month after tax and national insurance contributions, broken down by those who are (a) employed and (b) self-employed.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

Of the 6.9 million households on Universal Credit in the most recent month for which official statistics are available (August 2025), around 40,000 households had an income of between £831 and £861 from employment and/or self-employment.

Around 7,000 of these households had at least one claimant who was self-employed and around 33,000 did not have a claimant who was self-employed.

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