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Alternative Claimant Count statistics

Official experimental statistics on the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits.

Published 22 January 2019
Last updated 16 April 2019 — see all updates

• From: Department for Work and Pensions

These quarterly statistics include breakdowns by:

• type of claimant
• age and gender
• local authority and Parliamentary Constituency
• month (from January 2013)

The statistical bulletin (in HTML format) will be published every quarter.

Find future release dates in the statistics calendar and more about DWP statistics on the Statistics at DWP page.

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Explore the statistics with our interactive tools

View an interactive map which contains 2 map layers showing the latest claimant unemployment rate and how that compares to the previous year.

Find further breakdowns of these statistics in Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics.

Latest release

1. Alternative Claimant Count statistics, Great Britain: January 2013 to February 2019
   • 21 May 2019
   • Official Statistics

Previous release

1. Alternative Claimant Count statistics, Great Britain: January 2013 to November 2018
   • 22 January 2019
   • Official Statistics

Background information and methodology

1. Alternative Claimant Count statistics: background information and methodology
   • 16 April 2019
   • Guidance

Consultation outcome

1. Proposals for a new statistical series to count unemployed claimants
   • 16 October 2018
   • Consultation outcome

Published 22 January 2019
Last updated 16 April 2019 + show all updates

1. 16 April 2019 Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to February 2019.
2. 22 January 2019 First published.