To ask His Majesty's Government how many tax credit recipients migrated to universal credit (1) in total, (2) by natural migration, and (3) by managed migration, by quarter between December 2019 and December 2024.
Answered on
30 June 2026
Of Tax Credit households notified to claim UC (via Move to UC) between July 2022 and December 2024 714,600 had claimed UC. These are published at: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.
Table 1 – Number of households claiming UC via Move to UC by quarter migration notice was sent
Year | Quarter | Move to UC / managed migration |
2022 | Q1 | - |
Q2 | - | |
Q3 | 700 | |
Q4 | 100 | |
2023 | Q1 | 1,900 |
Q2 | 30,600 | |
Q3 | 80,700 | |
Q4 | 134,900 | |
2024 | Q1 | 133,800 |
Q2 | 171,300 | |
Q3 | 106,900 | |
Q4 | 53,700 | |
Total | 714,600 |
- Estimates are rounded to the nearest 100.
We cannot estimate the number of natural migrations separately as we cannot differentiate between a natural migration (triggered by a change of circumstances) and a voluntary migration.