there were 5.9 million Universal Credit claimants at December 2020.The latest Universal Credit Official Statistics show: Income Support fell to 280,000 claimants in the year to August 2020.Housing Benefit fell to 3.0 million claimants in the year to November 2020.Employment and Support Allowance remained at 1.9 million claimants in the year to August 2020.Jobseeker’s Allowance increased to 340,000 claimants in the year to August 2020, an 85% increase.Additionally, Universal Credit has been replacing some older-style Working Age benefits. The time period for this release was affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the year to August 2020 the number of people receiving the State Pension fell by 1.6% to 12.4 million.
The age at which people can start claiming State Pension is rising. The main headline figures for the DWP benefits in this report
