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Statistics: further education for benefit claimants

Matched data for training and benefits.

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From:
Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
29 July 2013
Last updated:
27 June 2019
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  1. Added the 2017 to 2018 statistics release.

  2. Added the 2016 to 2017 statistics release.

  3. Updated to include 2015 to 2016 data.

  4. Added Further education for benefit claimants: 2014 to 2015

  5. Further education for benefit claimants: 2013 to 2014 added.

  6. Further Education for Benefit Claimants 2012 to 2013 added to collection.

  7. Added Further Education For Benefit Claimants for December 2013 to collection.

  8. First published.

The Department for Work and Pensions and the (former) Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) set up an analytical project in 2009 to develop a matched database of records on training and benefits. The matched data provides better understanding of what training is delivered to benefit claimants, and helps BIS and DWP assess how effective training is in helping learners off benefits. We produce the data annually and it covers England.

In July 2016, the responsibility for this policy area moved from BIS to the Department for Education (DfE) and, from the 2015/16 publication onwards, the matched data are sourced from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) study.

You should not use the figures in this series out of context or in place of established statistical series describing the overall volumes and characteristics of learners or claimants. The authoritative sources of information on learning and benefits are:

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