AQW 30497/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of Universal Credit New Claim Grants awarded since their introduction.
Asked by Sian Mulholland MLA on 5 September 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 5 September 2025
- Answer due by
- 22 September 2025
- Answered
- 18 September 202513 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The number of Universal Credit New Claim grants (formerly known as Universal Credit Contingency Fund grants until March 2025) awarded since their introduction in 2017, is set out in the table below;
| Year | Awarded and paid |
| 2017/2018 | 90 |
| 2018/2019 | 4,230 |
| 2019/2020 | 4,800 |
| 2020/2021 | 4,800 |
| 2021/2022 | 7,662 |
| 2022/2023 | 9,740 |
| 2023/2024 | 11,160 |
| 2024/2025* | 15,224* |
*subject to final reconciliation checks prior to publishing