Official Statistics
2. Numbers on key out of work benefits: data table
Updated 11 July 2014
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| 2. Numbers on key out of work benefits |
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| Data source |
| DWP administrative data |
| Time period and availability |
| Splits currently available by age and gender, and partly for ethnicity |
| Latest data available at May 2014 covered November 2013 |
| Produced four times a year covering the months of February, May, August and November. |
| Data are available with six months delay. |
| What does this tell us? |
| This indicator looks at the number of people on the following key out-of-work benefits: |
| · Jobseekers Allowance; |
| · Incapacity Benefits/Employment and Support Allowance; |
| · Lone parents receiving Income Support; and |
| · Others receiving income-related benefits. These are mainly Pension Credit recipients for men aged under state pension age. The remainder are in receipt of Income Support. |
| How will an improvement be shown? |
| This indicator will show an improvement if the number of people in receipt of key out-of-work benefits decreases, reflecting the Department’s economic and social objective of helping more people into employment. |
| However, over the time period covered by the indicator, the Department has enacted Welfare Reform changes that have changed the composition of certain benefits. |
| The Department has also stopped some employment programmes and introduced new programmes. Comparison with previous years is therefore not appropriate for this indicator. |
| Links to other information that you may find useful |
| Further information about a variety of benefits and customer groups is available on the DWP tabulation tool available at: |
| http://83.244.183.180/100pc/wa/tabtool_wa.html where user defined tables can be created. |
| Table 2.1: Number on key out of work benefits by age, Great Britain, November 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 1,2 |
| Age |
| Year |
| Unknown Age |
| Under 18 |
| 18-24 |
| 25-34 |
| 35-44 |
| 45-49 |
| 50-54 |
| 55-59 |
| 60-64 |
| Since last year there has been a general fall in claimant numbers across all benefit types. |
| There has been a considerable fall for JSA, particularly in the 18-24 age group. The numbers on ESA and incapacity benefits have fallen in most groups except 18-24 and 25-34 which have increased. |
| Lone Parents on Income Support have fallen across most age groups. The 50-54 and 55-59 age groups have increased slightly since last year. |
| In the Other category that has been falls in each group except the Unknowns. |
| Notes: |
| 1. This table includes the key out-of-work client group categories, with the exception of carers who are not subject to activation policies in the same way as other groups. |
| 2. All final figures are rounded to the nearest 10. |
| 3. This table presents just one Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) series. The United Kingdom (UK) seasonally adjusted series is not broken down by age, but is available by gender. The JSA series presented covers Great Britain (GB) and is not seasonally adjusted. This second series is presented as it allows comparisons with the other key out of work benefits published by DWP which also cover GB and are not seasonally adjusted. This JSA series differs slightly from the JSA numbers presented elsewhere for this indicator as it excludes non-computerised clerical cases (approx 1 percent of cases). |
| 4. UK figures (seasonally adjusted) published by the ONS. This series is the most reliable and up-to-date source for claimant unemployment. |
| 5. GB figures (not seasonally adjusted) published by the ONS. This series is the most reliable and up-to-date source for claimant unemployment. |
| 6. GB figures (not seasonally adjusted). Published by DWP as part of the 100 per cent working age client group analysis. A consistent series for the UK as a whole is not readily available. |
| 7. GB figures (not seasonally adjusted). Published by DWP as part of the 100 per cent working age client group analysis. A consistent series for the UK as a whole is not readily available. This group has been reasonably stable over time. |
| 8. Excludes claimants in receipt of Income Support and Carers Allowance. |
| 9. The "Incapacity Benefits group" includes Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). ESA replaced Incapacity Benefit and Income Support paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27 October 2008. |
| 10. DEFINITIONS AND CONVENTIONS: "-" Nil or Negligible; ".." Not available. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest ten; Some additional disclosure control has also been applied. Totals may not sum due to rounding. |
| 11. STATE PENSION AGE: The age at which women reach state pension age is gradually increasing from 60 to 65 between April 2010 and April 2016 to November 2018. From December 2018, the state pension age for both men and women will start to increase to reach 66 in October 2020. This will introduce a small increase to the number of working age benefit recipients and a small reduction to the number of pension age recipients. Figures from May 2010 onwards reflect this change. For more information see http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/espa.pdf. |
| Table 2.2: Number on key out of work benefits by ethnicity, Great Britain, November 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 1, 2 |
| Ethnicity |
| YEAR |
| White: British |
| White: Irish |
| White: Other white |
| Mixed: White & Black Caribbean |
| Mixed: White & Black African |
| Mixed: White & Asian |
| Mixed: Other Mixed |
| Asian or Asian British: Indian |
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani |
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi |
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian |
| Black or Black British: Black Caribbean |
| Black or Black British: Black African |
| Black or Black British: Other Black |
| Chinese or Other Ethnic Group: Chinese |
| Chinese or Other Ethnic Group: Other Ethnic Group |
| Prefer not to say |
| Missing/old values/no personal contact |
| From November 2012 to November 2013, there have been decreases in the claimant counts across nearly all of the ethnic groups. |
| For income support, there was a general decrease across all groups from November 2012 to November 2013. The 'White: Other White' group was the only group to increase. |
| Notes: |
| 1. This table includes the key out-of-work client group categories, with the exception of carers who are not subject to activation policies in the same way as other groups. |
| 2. All final figures are rounded to the nearest 10 |
| 3. This table presents just one Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) series. The United Kingdom (UK) seasonally adjusted series is not broken down by age, but is available by gender. The JSA series presented covers Great Britain (GB) and is not seasonally adjusted. This second series is presented as it allows comparisons with the other key out of work benefits published by DWP which also cover GB and are not seasonally adjusted. This JSA series differs slightly from the JSA numbers presented elsewhere for this indicator as it excludes non-computerised clerical cases (approx 1 percent of cases). |
| 4. UK figures (seasonally adjusted) published by the ONS. This series is the most reliable and up-to-date source for claimant unemployment. |
| 5. GB figures (not seasonally adjusted) published by the ONS. This series is the most reliable and up-to-date source for claimant unemployment. |
| 6. GB figures (not seasonally adjusted). Published by DWP as part of the 100 per cent working age client group analysis. A consistent series for the UK as a whole is not readily available. |
| 7. GB figures (not seasonally adjusted). Published by DWP as part of the 100 per cent working age client group analysis. A consistent series for the UK as a whole is not readily available. A consistent series for the UK as a whole is not readily available. This group has been reasonably stable over time. |
| 8. Excludes claimants in receipt of Income Support and Carers Allowance. |
| 9. The "Incapacity Benefits group" includes Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). ESA replaced Incapacity Benefit and Income Support paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27 October 2008. |
| 10. DEFINITIONS AND CONVENTIONS: "-" Nil or Negligible; ".." Not available. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest ten; Some additional disclosure control has also been applied. Totals may not sum due to rounding. |
| 11. STATE PENSION AGE: The age at which women reach state pension age is gradually increasing from 60 to 65 between April 2010 and April 2016 to November 2018. From December 2018, the state pension age for both men and women will start to increase to reach 66 in October 2020. This will introduce a small increase to the number of working age benefit recipients and a small reduction to the number of pension age recipients. Figures from May 2010 onwards reflect this change. For more information see http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/espa.pdf. |
| Table 2.3: Number on key out of work benefits by gender, Great Britain, November 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 1, 2 |
| Gender |
| YEAR |
| Male |
| Female |
| There has been decrease in the number of males and females claiming out of work benefits since November 2012. |
| Notes: |
| 1. This table includes the key out-of-work client group categories, with the exception of carers who are not subject to activation policies in the same way as other groups. |
| 2. Jobseeker's Allowance claimant count UK figures are seasonally adjusted and rounded to the nearest 100. GB final figures are rounded to the nearest 10 |
| 3. This table presents just one Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) series. The United Kingdom (UK) seasonally adjusted series is not broken down by age, but is available by gender. The JSA series presented covers Great Britain (GB) and is not seasonally adjusted. This second series is presented as it allows comparisons with the other key out of work benefits published by DWP which also cover GB and are not seasonally adjusted. This JSA series differs slightly from the JSA numbers presented elsewhere for this indicator as it excludes non-computerised clerical cases (approx 1 percent of cases). |
| 4. UK figures (seasonally adjusted) published by the ONS. This series is the most reliable and up-to-date source for claimant unemployment. |
| 5. GB figures (not seasonally adjusted) published by the ONS. This series is the most reliable and up-to-date source for claimant unemployment. |
| 6. GB figures (not seasonally adjusted). Published by DWP as part of the 100 per cent working age client group analysis. A consistent series for the UK as a whole is not readily available. |
| 7. GB figures (not seasonally adjusted). Published by DWP as part of the 100 per cent working age client group analysis. A consistent series for the UK as a whole is not readily available. A consistent series for the UK as a whole is not readily available. This group has been reasonably stable over time. |
| 8. Excludes claimants in receipt of Income Support and Carers Allowance. |
| 9. The "Incapacity Benefits group" includes Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). ESA replaced Incapacity Benefit and Income Support paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27 October 2008. |
| 10. DEFINITIONS AND CONVENTIONS: "-" Nil or Negligible; ".." Not available. Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest ten; Some additional disclosure control has also been applied. Totals may not sum due to rounding. |
| 11. STATE PENSION AGE: The age at which women reach state pension age is gradually increasing from 60 to 65 between April 2010 and April 2016 to November 2018. From December 2018, the state pension age for both men and women will start to increase to reach 66 in October 2020. This will introduce a small increase to the number of working age benefit recipients and a small reduction to the number of pension age recipients. Figures from May 2010 onwards reflect this change. For more information see http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/espa.pdf. |