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Universal Credit: Hamilton and Clyde Valley

Asked by Imogen WalkerLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 23649

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants in Hamilton and Clyde Valley constituency.

Answered by Department for Work and Pensions

Monthly Universal Credit statistics showing the number of people on Universal Credit in each Westminster Parliamentary Constituency, are published in the People on Universal Credit dataset on Stat-Xplore, and are currently available to May 2026.

Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest and, if needed, can access guidance on how to extract information. There is also a Universal Credit Official Statistics: Stat-Xplore user guide.

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