The latest monthly DWP Universal Credit Statistics have now been published and can be accessed online at universal-credit-statistics

The statistics show:

• there were 7.5 million people on Universal Credit in January 2025
  76.2% of people on Universal Credit in October 2024 were from the white ethnic group. All other high-level ethnic groups combined totalled 23.7% of Universal Credit claimants in January 2025
• the proportion of people in the ‘no work requirements’ conditionality regime (42%) continues to increase
• there were, on average, 47,000 claims and 39,000 starts per week in January 2025
• there were 177,000 households receiving the Universal Credit childcare element in November 2024
• there were approximately 2.8 million UC households (45% of all UC households) that had one or more deductions taken from their UC entitlement in November 2024
   

If you have any comments or feedback regarding the content, relevance, accessibility and timeliness of these statistics you can contact us at team.ucos@dwp.gov.uk

Thanks
The UCOS Team