The DWP Statistical Summary brings together key National Statistics on DWP administered benefits, some employment programmes and JSA (Jobseeker's Allowance) sanctions and vacancies. To provide a more complete picture of DWP responsibility, statistics on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (administered by Local Authorities) and the Child Support Agency are also included.
The Summary is published monthly, containing Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit National Statistics together with official statistics giving early estimates of inactive benefit caseloads, plus a link to the latest report on Flexible New Deal. Each quarter (in May, August, November and February), a larger document also contains the detail of DWP administered benefits, some employment programmes, JSA sanctions, vacancies and Child Support Agency. The Summary is published monthly, containing Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit together with early estimates of inactive benefit caseloads. Each quarter (in May, August, November and February), a larger document also contains the detail of DWP administered benefits, some employment programmes, JSA sanctions, vacancies and Child Support Agency.
Alongside the Statistical Summary, there are a large number of tables which enable the user to delve in to the detail. These are provided to the user as:
The DWP Tabulation Tool - for DWP administered benefits and Employment Programmes the Tabulation Tool provides the user with an interactive tool to select one of thousands of possible tabulations.
To widen accessibility and understanding of context, DWP also publish statistics via Nomis (
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp). This provides easy access for users of other labour market statistics.Separate detailed tables on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit ; Employment and Support Allowance flows (ESA caseloads can now be accessed via the DWP Tabulation Tool link above); Claimants on out of work benefits (as a "one-click" on the Working Age Client Group Tabulation Tool); Separate numbers regarding Flexible New Deal; Tables broken down by Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) Other tables and background information via links on the Tabulation Tool pages (e.g. links to long time series spreadsheets; descriptions of the benefit.)
The "Notes" section of the latest Statistical Summary notifies users of changes planned in future publications. It also describes the detail of the issues, changes and revisions which form part of this Statistical Summary.
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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 17th November 2010 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The latest monthly release was on 15th December 2010.
The key points from the latest releases are:
There were 5.7 million working age benefit claimants at May 2010. This is a decrease of 89 thousand in the year to May 2010.
The number of working age claimants of ESA and incapacity benefits totals 2.61 million in May 2010, a fall of 8 thousand in the year since May 2009.
The number of lone parents claiming Income Support (IS) decreased by 41 thousand to 679 thousand in the year to May 2010.
At May 2010, there were 2.73 million claimants of Pension Credit (3.35 million including partners).
At September 2010, the total number of people claiming Housing Benefit was 4.80 million, with 5.81 million claiming Council Tax Benefit.
At the end of October 2010, the working age Income Support lone parents (ISLP) early estimate was 660 thousand.
At the end of October 2010, the Employment and Support Allowance and incapacity benefits (ESA/IB) early estimate was 2.590 million
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To access the latest full quarterly release click here
To access the latest smaller, monthly release, click here
These documents contain key numbers/ charts and links to detailed tables.
Previous releases of the Statistical Summary can be obtained here
For more information and detailed statistics on particular components of the Summary, please use the links below:
Detailed tables on benefit caseloads and employment programmes Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Early Estimates of caseloads on inactive benefits Separate detailed tables on Employment and Support Allowance flows (caseloads can now be accessed through the Tabulation Tool) Small area breakdowns of benefit caseloads(additionally Census Output Area numbers for England and Wales) State Pension, Pension Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance, Income Support, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance and Carer's Allowance caseload figures as at November 2009 and February 2010 by Parliamentary Constituency - 2010 boundaries These other DWP statistical releases may also be of interest to Summary users:
Lone Parents claiming JSA
Children in out of work benefit households
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Users should note that the equalisation of State Pension age is now affecting these statistics from this release (November 2010). This detailed note explains the effect on the numbers and particularly on the percentage of population series.
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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 breakdowns.
Next Release Date for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit, and early estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups: 19th January 2011.
Next Release Date for benefit claimants, employment programmes and labour market decisions: 16th February 2011.
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DWP complies with the National Statistics Code of Practice and supporting Principles. Detailed policy statements and statement of compliance with the pre-release access to official statistics order 2008 are given below:
DWP policy statements
Detailed policy and methodology relating to the Statistical Summary:
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