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Out Today: Work and Health Programme Official Statistics to February 2026 covering the Work and Health Programme and WHP Pioneer https://t.co/CPO4aFSvgN
Out Now: Official Statistics providing estimates of unfulfilled eligibility levels in the benefit system in Great Britain in the financial year 2026 https://t.co/JIiGY8Wz1V
Out Now: Accredited Official Statistics providing estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain for the financial year ending 2026 https://t.co/O8kG2BQY4l
78.4% of the rise in the Universal Credit caseload between Jul 2024 and Feb 2026 has been from people moving from legacy benefits onto Universal Credit
Data source https://t.co/Fi2oHZNFPu
Out Today: Benefit Sanctions statistics to February 2026. Statistics about sanctions on Universal Credit (UC). The data is available for analysis via Stat-Xplore https://t.co/r6Gy135xBg
Out Today: Universal Credit quarterly statistics, to 12 February 2026. Statistics for the number of people by geography, age, conditionality regime, duration, employment (including self employment), ethnicity and Move to Universal Credit https://t.co/wyspXqa5XH
Out Today: DWP benefits statistics: May 2026. Accredited Official Statistics and Official Statistics release of the main DWP administered benefits through Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables https://t.co/jCAXOlZUqD
Out Today: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2026. The ‘Outturn and forecast: Spring Forecast 2026 tables are consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and fiscal outlook at March 2026 https://t.co/CA8NFcEfsI
Out Today: Universal Credit statistics to 12 March 2026. Monthly Stat-Xplore release providing data on the number of people on Universal Credit by geography, age, conditionality regime, duration, employment, ethnicity and Move to Universal Credit https://t.co/yb3Lq4dIR2
Out Today: Final Cold Weather Payment estimates: 2025 to 2026, payments made in England and Wales from 1 November 2025 to 31 March 2026 https://t.co/5CLlVvndQI
Out Today: Support for Mortgage Interest statistics, May 2018 to November 2025. Official statistics on the numbers in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest loans https://t.co/zVb5DVC8iq
Out Today: DWP Complaints Statistics to December 2025. Quarterly series of Official Statistics including Department for Work and Pensions complaints received, closed and upheld by each business area, and categorisation of the reason for the complaint https://t.co/qLfRPaEukg
Out Today: Separated families statistics: April 2014 to March 2025. Official statistics on separated families and their child maintenance arrangements https://t.co/6AknfkgZFs
Out Today: Children in low income families: local area statistics 2022 to 2025. Annual statistics on the number and proportion of children living in low income families https://t.co/xjtsEbxedo
Out Today: Income Dynamics: 2010 to 2024. The results from an analysis of the longitudinal survey 'Understanding Society', looking at persistent low income and changes in household income https://t.co/q1Bl78gNhp
Out Today: Pensioners' Incomes: financial years ending 1995 to 2025. Estimates and interpretation of trends in the level and sources of pensioners’ incomes for the financial years ending 1995 to 2025 https://t.co/VYwBesjjLf
Out Today: Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2025. Statistics on the number and percentage of people living in low income households for the financial years ending 1995 to 2025 https://t.co/YQq6c7zRby
Out Today: Family Resources Survey Transformation: integrating administrative data for benefits. This technical report explains how we have integrated administrative benefits and tax credits data into the survey to improve accuracy and data quality https://t.co/LBwljfIKKA