AQW 35643/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of people who have not yet been transferred on to Universal Credit, broken down by type of benefit.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 17 November 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 17 November 2025
- Answer due by
- 2 December 2025
- Answered
- 30 December 202543 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The table below shows the number of people who have been issued with a migration notice but who have not yet claimed Universal Credit, broken down by type of benefit.
| Benefit combination | Number of claimants |
| ESA and HB | 7,050 |
| ESA | 5,800 |
| HB | 50 |
| IS | 10 |
| HB and JSA | 10 |
| ESA and IS | * |
| JSA | * |
| Total | 12,910 |
Notes:
Data Source: Universal Credit weekly Move to UC tracker file at 19/11/2025.
Figures are at the individual claimant level, so will be greater than the number of households.
Figures are the number of claimants who have received a Move to Universal Credit notification, but have yet to make a UC claim and have not had their claim stopped or a claim pending, as of 19/11/2025.
There are a number of cases that have not yet received a Move to Universal Credit notification as of 19/11/2025. These are not included in the figures.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 and totals may not sum due to rounding. Figures below 5 are marked as *.