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Early caseload estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups: guidance

Technical note and questions and answers about early caseload estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Questions and answers about early caseload estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups

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Technical note about early caseload estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups

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This page contains:

  • questions and answers about early caseload estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups
  • a technical note about early caseload estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups

We publish early caseload estimates in monthly DWP statistical summaries and finalised figures in the quarterly summaries.

We provide early caseload estimates of the number of:

  • lone parents receiving Income Support
  • Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and incapacity benefit claimants receiving ESA, Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance, Income Support or Pension Credit
  • ESA and incapacity benefit claimants receiving National Insurance credits only

Updates to this page

Published 12 June 2013
Last updated 15 February 2017 + show all updates
  1. Revised technical document (dated February 2017). Tables in annex C updated with the latest national statistics and early estimates.

  2. Revised technical document (dated November 2016) - updated to support publication of quarterly statistical summary on 16 November 2016.

  3. Revised technical document (dated August 2016) - updated to support publication of quarterly statistical summary on 17 August 2016.

  4. Updated the technical note on early caseload estimates. Tables in annex C updated with the latest national statistics and early estimates.

  5. Updated the technical note on early caseload estimates. Tables in annex C updated with the latest national statistics and early estimates.

  6. Replaced 'Technical note about early caseload estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups'. Updated tables on page 9 with the latest national statistics and early estimates.

  7. Updated annex C of the technical note to provide a comparison between the latest National Statistics (February 2015) and the early estimates.

  8. Updated the technical note with latest data.

  9. Updated date of latest monthly stats summary release (March 2015).

  10. Techncial document updated to support publication of quarterly statistical summary on 18 Feb 2015.

  11. Updated reference to latest early caseload data (published in latest quarterly statistical summary - November 2014) and updated technical note.

  12. Published updated technical note with latest data to coincide with August 2014 quarterly statistical summary.

  13. Quarterly statistical summary - May 2014 released.

  14. Quarterly statistical summary - February 2014 released

  15. December statistical release published

  16. Details of latest early estimates for working age inactive benefit client groups from the August 2013 DWP statistical summary published.

  17. Main points for early estimates from the latest release updated.

  18. First published.

  19. Details of latest early estimates from the June 2013 DWP statistical summary published.

  20. Monthly statistics for May 2013 added.

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