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<p>The latest caseload data shows Universal Credit is supporting 2.8 million claimants
across the country to more easily start work and access smoother incentives, such
as the work allowance and taper, to increase hours. We have scrapped the cliff edges
and complicated hours’ rules of the legacy benefit system to ensure claimants have
flexibility to access the opportunities offered in the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>There
are a record number of people in work at 32.9 million – up by over 3.8 million since
2010. During August 2019 and September 2019, the latest information available, just
over 200,000 Universal Credit claimants have succeeded in getting into jobs.</p><p>
</p><p>Monthly information surrounding the volumes of Universal Credit claimants who
have moved into work is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April</strong></p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>5,150</p></td><td><p>25,000</p></td><td><p>79,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May</strong></p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>5,900</p></td><td><p>26,800</p></td><td><p>87,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>6,310</p></td><td><p>29,200</p></td><td><p>81,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July</strong></p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>6,500</p></td><td><p>31,600</p></td><td><p>87,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August</strong></p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>7,630</p></td><td><p>38,900</p></td><td><p>94,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p>1,890</p></td><td><p>10,100</p></td><td><p>47,300</p></td><td><p>106,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October</strong></p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p>52,600</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November</strong></p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>11,700</p></td><td><p>59,900</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December</strong></p></td><td><p>2,320</p></td><td><p>9,600</p></td><td><p>44,300</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January</strong></p></td><td><p>3,230</p></td><td><p>14,700</p></td><td><p>61,400</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February</strong></p></td><td><p>3,940</p></td><td><p>16,600</p></td><td><p>68,800</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March</strong></p></td><td><p>5,070</p></td><td><p>22,100</p></td><td><p>84,200</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. Figures are for Universal Credit Full Service
only</p><p>2. Figures are at household level. In some cases both members of a household
may have entered work in the same month, but only one job entry would be counted in
our response.</p><p>3. Figures are based upon situations when a household reports
no earnings in one Assessment Period but then has earnings in the next.</p><p>4. Self-employed
jobs are not included in the table.</p><p>5. Figures also include instances of a household
moving out of work and at a later date moving back into work.</p>
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