IRRV Alert - week ending 13th November 2020
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DWP benefits statistics: November 2020 (10 November 2020)
National Statistics
DWP benefits statistics: November 2020
National Statistics release of the main DWP-administered benefits via Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables where appropriate.
Published 10 November 2020
From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Applies to:
Wales, England, and Scotland
Documents
State Pension caseload statistics (5% sample) to March 2020
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State Pension
During 2019, a new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) computer system called “Get Your State Pension” came online to handle new State Pension claims. The number of State Pension claims being handled by the new system has been gradually building up, and at May 2020 there were approximately 160 cases in payment on the new system. We are working to develop new statistical datasets that will enable us include these cases in our published statistics in the near future. Once we have quality assured the new data we will announce further plans for their inclusion.
Housing Benefit flows data
DWP now (from November 2020) publish Experimental Official Housing Benefit flows datasets on Stat-Xplore. This offers enhanced functionality to our users. Please see the Housing Benefit flows publication for more information.
Bereavement Support Payment
Previously suspended statistics on Bereavement Support Payments (BSP) have been reinstated (from November 2020). We now publish Experimental Official BSP statistics using a new data source. BSP statistics are, for the first time, available on Stat-Xplore. This allows users greater flexibility to access statistics on BSP claims received (by allowed, disallowed, and disallowance reason) and BSP claims in payment (by rate).
Also published
Also published as part of this release are statistics on:
More information
Find further information about the statistics, including details on changes and revisions, in the background and methodology documents.
Published 10 November 2020