<p>The total number of self-employed Universal Credit claimants in January 2023 was
493,300. This has been rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics
published monthly on Stat-Xplore show that, from the 5.8 million people on Universal
Credit in February 2023, 2.2 million were in employment and 3.6 million were not in
employment.</p>
To ask His Majesty's Government how many claimants currently receiving Universal Credit
who are in employment or self-employment are earning (1) under £12,570 a year, (2)
between £12,571 and £25,000 a year, (3) between £25,001 and £35,000 a year, (4) between
£35,001 and £50,000 a year, and (5) over £50,000 a year.
<p>Universal Credit is designed to reduce as household earnings increase, so the number
of high income households receiving UC would likely be very small. The level at which
entitlement ends will differ depending on individual circumstances and other unearned
income.</p><p> </p><p>As earnings information is only available at household level
this has been provided below</p><p> </p><p>In January 2023 there were:</p><ul><li>2,610,500
households with no take home pay</li><li>974,000 households with monthly take home
pay between £0 - £1048</li><li>662,500 households with monthly take home pay between
£1048 - £2084</li><li>121,600 households with monthly take home pay between £2084
- £2917</li><li>29,400 households with monthly take home pay between £2917 - £4167</li><li>1,300
households with monthly take home pay greater than £4167.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>The
figures provided are monthly equivalents of the annual incomes specified in the question.</li><li>These
figures have been rounded to the nearest 100</li></ol>
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of (1)
men, and (2) women, who earn less than £12,570 in any one job, who are members of
auto-enrolment workplace pension schemes which operate on a Net Pay basis.
<p>DWP do not hold this data.</p><p> </p><p>A policy paper has been published showing
the number of people who save into an occupational pension under net pay arrangements
whose taxable pay is below the personal allowance is estimated to be 1.2 million in
2026-27. In 2023/24, the Personal Allowance is £12,570.</p><p> </p><p>Women are estimated
to make up 75% of those earning below the personal allowance and contributing to a
pension scheme that uses net pay arrangements. The 1.2 million can therefore be broken
down into around 0.3 million men and 0.9 million women.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>These
figures were produced for accrual in 2026-27 and the Personal Allowance at the time
was not set to £12,570 in that tax year.</li><li>These figures look at total pay across
jobs and less contributions to Net Pay Arrangements, so it is possible that someone
with total earnings above the Personal Allowance is included because removing their
Net Pay Arrangement contributions takes them below the Personal Allowance or someone
earns less than the Personal Allowance in a single job but their pay across jobs takes
them above the Personal Allowance.</li><li>These figures were produced for the Autumn
Budget 2021 fiscal event using the 2018-19 SPI projected using Autumn Budget 2021
OBR determinants.</li><li>Further detail can be found at the source which is linked
below.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-earners-anomaly-pensions-relief-relating-to-net-pay-arrangements/pensions-relief-relating-to-net-pay-arrangements"
target="_blank">Pensions relief relating to net pay arrangements - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p>
