Published: July 2010
Statistical Releases
The latest national statistics on Housing Benefit / Council Tax Benefit caseload were released on 14th July 2010.
This monthly release also contains latest experimental statistics on early estimates for the working age income support lone parent client group (ISLP) and employment and support allowance and incapacity benefit client group (ESA/IB).
The key points from the latest monthly release are:
- At April 2010, the total number of people claiming Housing Benefit was 4.75 million, with 5.78 million claiming Council Tax Benefit.
- Over 3.78 million Housing Benefit recipients were single, with almost two-thirds of these being female. Of the 1.56 million recipients with at least one child dependent, just over one million were single.
- The working age income support lone parent client group early estimate caseload figure at 31st May 2010 is 675 thousand. The latest National Statistics figure for this client group stands at 696 thousand in November 2009.
- The early estimate of the working age ESA/incapacity benefits client group at 31st May 2010 is 2.61 million. The latest National Statistics figure for this client group stands at 2.62 million in November 2009.
- The age at which women reach State Pension age will gradually increase from 60 to 65 between April 2010 and April 2020. The changes will introduce a small increase to the number of working age benefit recipients. For more information please see the "Notes" section of the Statistical Summary.
The latest quarterly national statistics on benefit claimants, employment programmes, labour market decisions and vacancies produced by the Department for Work and Pensions were released on 12
th May 2010 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
These key points are from the latest quarterly release:
- There were 5.9 million working age benefit claimants at November 2009. This is an increase of 453 thousand in the year to November 2009.
- There were 426 thousand claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) at November 2009.
- There were 2.62 million 'ESA and incapacity benefits' claimants at November 2009.
- There were 696 thousand lone parents claiming Income Support at November 2009.
- At November 2009, there were 2.74 million claimants of Pension Credit (3.35 million including partners).
The "Notes" section of the May 2010 Statistical Summary notifies users of some changes planned for future publications. It also describes the detail of the issues, changes and revisions which form part of this Statistical Summary. In short, these are:
- Flexible New Deal (FND) sanctions are not currently included in the Sanctions Tabulation Tool.
- Information for leavers on New Deal for disabled people and New Deal for 50+ is not available. More detailed information is shown here: http://www.irrv.net/forums/alert/admin_locked/article_insert.asp?Ed_id=142&Ed_date=16/07/2010&Find_Rank=Y//asd/asd1/tabtools/tabtool_nd.asp
- Jobcentre Plus region has been removed from the New Deal for Lone Parents Tabulation Tool this quarter due to quality issues.
- Additional tables for HB/CTB caseload include a new breakdown of recipients aged under 65 and aged 65 and over for both HB and CTB.
- The following variables have been removed from the Tabulation Tool:
- "Net Additional Pension (£ per week)"
- "Free Milk Voucher"
- "MIG/Non-MIG" indicator
- The ability to perform a benefit combination time series of working age percentage of population has been removed due to a formatting error in those tables.
More details can be found in the "Notes" section of the Summary.
To access the latest monthly release in full click here
To access the latest quarterly release click here
More information on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit caseload statistics is available here
More information on early estimate statistics is available here
Additional tables and further information on these statistics can be found here
More information on children in out-of-work benefit households statistics is available here
To access previous Statistical Summaries, please click here
Coverage: Great Britain
Geographic Breakdown:
- GB in the summary, Local Authority and Parliamentary Constituency for most data via the tabulation tool, and small areas for some data.
Next Release Date for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit, and early estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups: 11th August 2010
Next Release Date for benefit claimants, employment programmes and labour market decisions: 11th August 2010