{"metric":"universal_credit_caseload","title":"Universal Credit caseload","topic":"benefits","unit":"households","measure_type":"stock","geography":"K03000001","comparison_method":"previous_period","latest":{"period_start":"2024-04-01","period_end":"2025-03-31","period_label":"Year ending March 2025","value":5473000,"status":"final","vintage":"2026-03-26"},"comparison":{"period_label":"Year ending March 2024","value":4706000,"vintage":"2026-03-26"},"source":{"publisher":"DWP","publication":"Benefit expenditure and caseload tables: outturn and forecast (Spring Forecast 2026)","landing_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2026","sheet":"Universal Credit and equivalent","table":"Universal Credit and equivalents caseloads,","row":"Universal Credit","column":"2024/25","raw_value":"5473","file_url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2026","file_sha256":"11a591e4a2144ed6a686be6a9ded4e5d5b3b8d4887bd57c1ff0632bd251009de","release_date":"2026-03-26","release_label":"Benefit expenditure and caseload tables: Spring Forecast 2026"},"definition":"The average number of households with a Universal Credit claim in payment over the financial year.\n","does_not_measure":"Households still on the legacy benefits Universal Credit replaces, which the workbook lists separately and which fall as claims migrate.\n","links":{"page":"/benefits/universal-credit-caseload","series":"/api/metrics/universal_credit_caseload/series","vintages":"/api/metrics/universal_credit_caseload/vintages"}}