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date less than 2018-09-10more like thismore than 2018-09-10
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Universal Credit: Single Parents more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unemployed single parent households are in receipt of universal credit. more like this
tabling member constituency Eastbourne more like this
tabling member printed
Stephen Lloyd more like this
uin 172584 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-10-25more like thismore than 2018-10-25
answer text <p>The table below provides the estimated number of households on Universal Credit occupied by single parents in June 2018 by employment status. The accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the figures provided.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated number of households on Universal Credit occupied by single parents, by employment status, Great Britain, June 2018</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Employment Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of households</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employed</strong></p></td><td><p>91,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unemployed</strong></p></td><td><p>107,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:</strong> Household and people on Universal Credit datasets</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>These figures have been calculated by matching the Universal Credit household dataset, which contains information about family type, with the people on Universal Credit dataset, which contains information about employment. The figure for households occupied by single parents has been deduced where the household has a family type of ‘single with child dependant(s)’. It has not been possible to determine the employment status of approximately 8,000 single parent households.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for the people and households on Universal Credit. An individual on Universal Credit at the count date will be recorded as in employment if they have employment earnings recorded within their completed Universal Credit assessment period closest to the count date. They may not be in employment on the count date.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li>Further information on the background and methodology can be accessed here:</li></ol><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf</p>
answering member constituency Reading West more like this
answering member printed Alok Sharma more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-10-25T08:53:44.297Zmore like thismore than 2018-10-25T08:53:44.297Z
answering member
4014
label Biography information for Lord Sharma more like this
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answering member constituency Reading West more like this
answering member printed Alok Sharma more like this
answering member
4014
label Biography information for Lord Sharma more like this
tabling member
3968
label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd more like this