DEPARTMENT FOR WORK
AND PENSIONS News Release (IFD141107SSMAY07) issued by The
Government News Network on 14 November 2007
Coverage: Great
Britain (unless otherwise stated)
Introduction
This Statistical Summary aims to give users a structured overview
of the National Statistics published by the Department for Work
and Pensions (DWP). Statistics are grouped by component area of
DWP and, for each statistic, links are given for users to access
more detailed information.
Key benefit statistics and New Deal statistics from 100% sources
are available on an internet-based tabulation tool. A similar
tabulation tool derived from 5% sample data is also available,
however wherever possible 100% data should be used in preference
to 5% estimates, as they are more accurate and form DWP's
headline statistics.
Not all DWP National Statistics are covered by this release. Some
statistics have their own first releases but links to these are
given throughout.
Key Findings
* The working age incapacity benefits caseload continued its
sequence of quarterly falls. The annual decrease to May '07
was 45 thousand, with the caseload standing at 2.64 million.
* The number of jobseekers decreased 93 thousand in the year to
May '07 to stand at 837 thousand.
* The downward trend in the lone parent caseload continued. In
the year to May '07 it fell 9 thousand to 776 thousand.
* 2.97 million people had started on a New Deal programme up to
August '07. To date, 1.86 million people have gained a job
through the New Deal programme, with 86 thousand people gaining a
job through Employment Zones.
* At May '07 there were 12.05 million people of State
Pension age claiming a key benefit, an increase of 206 thousand
since May '06. Of these, 66% were claiming State Pension only.
* At May'07, there were 11.85 million claimants of State
Pension, a rise of 205 thousand on a year earlier. Of these, 37%
were male and 63% female.
* At May '07, there were 2.73 million claimants of Pension
Credit (3.34 million including partners), a rise of 16 thousand on
a year earlier. Of these, 806 thousand were claiming Guarantee
Credit only, 1.33 million were claiming both Guarantee and Savings
Credit, and 598 thousand were claiming Savings Credit only.
* At the end of September '07, the total CSA caseload stood
at 1.4 million cases, of which 47% were new scheme cases.
* At May '07, there were 2.88 million recipients of
Disability Living Allowance, 465 thousand recipients of
Carer's Allowance, and 1.51 million recipients of Attendance Allowance.
New experimental statistics on benefit flows show:
* There were 584 thousand new claims to Incapacity Benefit and
587 thousand new claims to Income Support in the year to May '07.
* There were 628 thousand and 589 thousand benefit exits for
Incapacity Benefit and Income Support, respectively, in the year
to May '07.
* There were 265 thousand new claims to Pension Credit in the 12
months to May '07; 192 thousand of these were for the
Guarantee Credit element.
Contents
1. Working Age
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1.1 Working age Client Group 3
Individual Benefits
1.2 Jobseeker's Allowance 5
1.3 Incapacity Benefits 6
1.4 Income Support 8
1.5 Housing Benefit 9
1.6 Council Tax Benefit 10
1.7 Widow's Benefit & Bereavement Benefit 10
1.8 Fraud and Error statistics (links only) 11
1.9 Take-Up of income-related benefits (links only) 11
1.10 Jobseeker's Allowance sanctions and
disallowances 11
1.11 New Deals & Employment Zones 12
1.12 Vacancies handled by Jobcentre Plus 13
2. Pensioners
2.1 Pensioner Client Group 14
2.2 State Pension 15
2.3 Pension Credit 16
3. Disabled and Carers
3.1 Disability Living Allowance 17
3.2 Attendance Allowance 18
3.3 Carer's Allowance 18
3.4 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 19
4. Families & Children
4.1 Child Support Agency cases 20
5. Appeals Service
5.1 Appeals Service lodgements 21
Annex A - New experimental figures on benefit flows
New experimental figures on benefit flows 22
Notes to Editors 25
1. Working Age
1.1 Working Age client group
Combines data collected for Jobseeker's Allowance,
Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance, Disability
Living Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Widow's Benefit,
Bereavement Benefit and Income Support for working age claimants
(including Pension Credit for males aged 60 to 64)
Latest statistical data available from : http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp
Between May 2000 and May 2005, the number of jobseekers fell from
1,060 thousand to 830 thousand, and rose to 931 thousand in May
2006. It has fallen again to 837 thousand at May 2007.
The incapacity benefits caseload increased gradually to November
2003 and has fallen in each of the last eleven quarters. Headline
figures for incapacity benefits are shown in Table 1.2 and differ
slightly to figures shown in Table 1.1 due to slight
methodological differences.
The lone parent caseload fell from 919 thousand to 775 thousand
between May 2000 and May 2006. This decrease continued in the year
to May 2007, to stand at 766 thousand.
1.2 Jobseeker's Allowance
Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) was introduced on 7 October 1996
and has both contributory and income-related elements. It is paid
to people under state pension age who are available for and
actively seeking work of at least forty hours per week
At May 2007, the total number of Jobseeker's Allowance
claimants was 837 thousand. Female claimants represented 27% of
the JSA caseload (228 thousand), while males represented 73% (609
thousand). The total caseload has fallen by 93 thousand since a
year earlier.
1.3 Incapacity Benefits
Incapacity benefits consist of Incapacity Benefit (introduced on
13 April 1995 and paid to people who are incapable of work and who
have paid sufficient contributions throughout their working life)
and Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA).
At May 2007, there were 2.64 million working age claimants of
incapacity benefits (Incapacity Benefit or Severe Disablement
Allowance), a fall of 45 thousand on a year earlier. 58% of
claimants were men and 42% women. Both the male and female
caseloads are now falling: males by 31 thousand and females by 14
thousand in the year to May 2007.
At May 2007, 62% (1.65 million) of working age claimants were
beneficiaries (i.e. were paid benefit), with the remaining 993
thousand receiving National Insurance Credits only. A further 42
thousand were claimants above State Pension Age: these were almost
all recipients of Severe Disablement Allowance.
There were 141 thousand new claimants of incapacity benefits in
the May 2007 quarter, which represents 5% of the May caseload.
Over the same period, 162 thousand claimants left the benefits,
6% of the caseload at February 2007.
In the year to May 2007, there were a total of 584 thousand new
claims for incapacity benefits and 628 thousand claims were
closed. This compares with 574 thousand new claims and 622
thousand closed claims for the year to May 2006.
Please see Annex A for more information on incapacity benefits
flows since August 1999.
1.4 Income Support
Income Support (IS) was introduced on 11 April 1988 and is an
income-related benefit that can be claimed by people aged 16-59
that work fewer than 16 hours a week and have insufficient income
to meet their needs. Prior to the introduction of Pension Credit
in October 2003, IS was available to people aged 60 and over.
At May 2007, the total number of Income Support (IS) claimants
was 2.12 million. Claimants of incapacity benefits represented 56%
of the IS caseload (1.18 million). Lone Parents (all single
claimants with dependants excluding claimants of incapacity
benefits) represented 36% of the IS caseload (766 thousand), while
Carers and Others represented 8% of the caseload (167 thousand).
Pension Credit (PC) replaced Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) in
Income Support on 6 October 2003. MIG claimants have been excluded
from these data.
There were 141 thousand new claimants of Income Support in the
May 2007 quarter, which represents 7% of the May caseload. Over
the same period, 150 thousand claimants left the benefit, 7% of
the caseload at end of February 2007.
In the year to May 2007, there were a total of 587 thousand new
claims for Income Support and 589 thousand claims were closed.
This compares with 559 thousand new claims and 582 thousand closed
claims for the year to May 2006.
Please see Annex A for more information on Income Support flows
since August 1999.
1.5 Housing Benefit
Housing Benefit (HB) was introduced on 1 April 1983 and is an
income-related benefit designed to help people on low incomes pay
for rented accommodation whether in or out of work
At February 2007 there were 4.04 million recipients of Housing
Benefit, of whom 1.52 million were aged 60 and over. The average
weekly amount of Housing Benefit was £68.
72% of Housing Benefit recipients were also in receipt of Income
Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance or Pension Credit (GC).
Figures for May 2007 are not yet available as we are changing
data sources and therefore increasing quality assurance to ensure accurac
1.6 Council Tax Benefit
Council Tax Benefit (CTB) was introduced on 1 April 1993 and is
an income-related benefit, calculated in a similar way to Housing
Benefit, which has been designed to help people on low incomes pay
their Council Tax
At February 2007 there were 5.10 million recipients of Council
Tax Benefit (figure excludes second adult rebates), of whom 2.55
million were aged 60 and over. The average weekly amount of
Council Tax Benefit was £14. 71% of Council Tax Benefit
recipients were also in receipt of Income Support, income-based
Jobseeker's Allowance or Pension Credit (GC).
Figures for May 2007 are not yet available as we are changing
data sources and therefore increasing quality assurance to ensure accuracy
1.7 Widow's Benefit & Bereavement Benefit
Widow's Benefit (WB) was introduced on 6 July 1948 and is
payable to women widowed between 11 April 1988 and 8 April 2001
inclusive. There are three types of WB: Widow's Payment,
Widowed Mother's Allowance and Widow's Pension. Women
widowed before 11 April 1988 continue to receive Widow's
Benefit based on the rules that existed before that date
Bereavement Benefit (BB) was introduced on 9 April 2001 as a
replacement for Widow's Benefit. It is payable to both men
and women widowed on or after 9 April 2001. There are three types
of BB: Bereavement Payment, Widowed Parent's Allowance and
Bereavement Allowance
At May 2007, there were 97 thousand claimants of Widow's
Benefit, a fall of 21 thousand on a year earlier. Of these, 81
thousand were in receipt of Widow's Pension and 16 thousand
Widowed Mother's Allowance
At May 2007, there were 59 thousand claimants of Bereavement
Benefit, a rise of 1 thousand on a year earlier. Of these, 20
thousand were in receipt of Bereavement Allowance and 39 thousand
in receipt of Widowed Parent's Allowance
1.8 Fraud and Error statistics (link)
National Statistics are published regularly, presenting
six-monthly estimates of fraud and error in claims for Income
Support, Jobseeker's Allowance, Pension Credit and Housing
Benefit, along with an annual estimate of the level of fraud and
error in the benefit system as a whole. One-off benefit reviews
have been carried out from time to time to estimate fraud and
error in claims for other benefits. All these reports can be found
at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd2/fraud_error.asp.
1.9 Take-Up of Income-Related Benefits (link)
Publications contain information on the take-up of the main
income-related benefits in Great Britain: Income Support, Pension
Credit, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and Jobseeker's
Allowance (income based). Take-up is measured in two ways.
Expenditure take-up compares the total amount of benefit received
in the course of a year with the total amount that would have been
received if everyone took up their entitlement for the full period
of entitlement. Caseload take-up compares the number of benefit
claimants - averaged over the year - with the number who would be
receiving if everyone took up their entitlement for the full
period of entitlement. Data is sourced from the Family Resources
Survey and administrative benefit records. Latest published
figures are available at http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/irb.asp
1.10 Jobseeker's Allowance sanction and disallowance decisions
A JSA claimant can have their claim sanctioned (payment is
temporarily suspended) or disallowed (entitlement ends) if they
are deemed not to have just cause for failing to fulfil the
conditions of their claim. Sanctions can be 'Varied
length' (anything up to 26 weeks) or 'Fixed length'
(2,4 or 26 weeks). Disallowances result in the claim ending.
In the quarter ending August 2007 there were 142 thousand
decisions made, of which 85 thousand were adverse decisions (i.e.
a sanction or disallowance was applied).
Of these, 15 thousand were varied length sanctions, 12 thousand
were fixed length sanctions and 59 thousand were disallowance
decisions. 60% of decisions made in this quarter resulted in an
adverse decision.
NB - this summary includes data on decisions made for sanction
referrals only, not opinions.
1.11 New Deals & Employment Zones
New Deal for Young People was established in 1998 aimed at people
aged 18 to 24 unemployed for at least 6 months. Since then a range
of other mandatory and voluntary New Deal programmes have been
established aimed at specific client groups.
2.97 million people had started on a New Deal programme up to
August '07.
To date, some 1.86 million people have gained a job through the
New Deal programme, with over 86 thousand people also gaining a
job through Employment Zones.
Statistics on ND50plus, NDDP, and NDP have been improved by
incorporating additional data from the Work and Pensions
Longitudinal Study. This has led to the identification of an
additional 18 per cent of people gaining a job through these
programmes, and the introduction for the first time of an
immediate destination measure. As a result of these improvements
the time series of people gaining a job through these programmes
has been revised.
Data on the New Deal and Employment Zones programmes are now
released via the DWP Tabulation Tool where users can construct
their own bespoke statistical tables.
1.12 Vacancies handled by Jobcentre Plus
As the Public Employment Service for Great Britain, Jobcentre
Plus handle a significant share of all vacancies advertised by
employers, albeit that vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus do not
represent the total number of vacancies in the whole economy
On average, 337 thousand vacancies per month were notified to
Jobcentre Plus between January and September of 2007. Most
commonly these are for elementary occupations (24%) and
sales/customer services (18%). 15% of notified vacancies are in
the North West region compared to 9% in London, 5% Wales and 10% Scotland
As at September 2007, the number of unfilled vacancies available
to jobseekers was 456 thousand
2. Pensioners
2.1 Pensioner client group
The Pensioner Client Group covers claimants, aged 60 and over, of
at least one of the following benefits: State Pension, Pension
Credit, Attendance Allowance, Widow's Benefit, Disability
Living Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, and Severe Disablement
Allowance. They are split into statistical groups that reflect
their main reason for claiming benefit
At May 2007 there were 12.05 million claimants in the Pensioner
Client Group, an increase of 206 thousand since May 2006. Of
these, 21% were in receipt of Pension Credit. 47% of these Pension
Credit claimants were disabled
2.2 State Pension
State Pension (SP) was introduced on 1 January 1909 and is paid
to people who have reached the state pension age (65 for men, 60
for women) and who fulfil the residency and contributions conditions
At May 2007, there were 11.85 million claimants of State Pension,
a rise of 205 thousand on a year earlier. Of these, 37% were male
and 63% female.
The average weekly amount in payment at May 2007 was £ 91.63, a
rise of £4.04 since May 2006.
2.3 Pension Credit
Pension Credit (PC) was introduced on 6 October 2003 and replaced
Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG). For people aged 60 or over, the
Guarantee Credit element guarantees an income at a set level.
People aged 65 or over (and couples where one member is 65 or
over) may also be entitled to Savings Credit if they have modest
income from savings, investments or a second pension
At May 2007, there were 2.73 million claimants of Pension Credit
(3.34 million including partners), a rise of 16 thousand on a year
earlier. Of these, 806 thousand claimed Guarantee Credit only,
1.33 million claimed Guarantee and Savings Credit, and 598
thousand claimed Savings Credit only.
The average weekly amount of Pension Credit in payment at May
2007 was £50.04, a rise of £3.29 since May 2006.
There were 64 thousand new claimants of Pension Credit in the May
2007 quarter. Of these, 36 thousand claimed Guarantee Credit
only, 12 thousand claimed both Guarantee and Savings Credit and 15
thousand claimed Savings Credit only.
Over the same period, 63 thousand claimants left the benefit.
For the year to May 2007, there were a total of 265 thousand new
claims for Pension Credit, and 251 thousand claims were closed.
This compares with 296 thousand new claims and 262 closed claims
for the year to May 2006.
Please see Annex A for more information on Pension Credit flows
since November 2003.
3. Disabled and Carers
3.1 Disability Living Allowance
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) was introduced on 1 April 1992
and is a benefit for people who have become disabled before the
age of 65 and who need assistance with personal care or mobility
At May '07, 2.88 million people were receiving Disability
Living Allowance (not including suspended cases), a rise of 83
thousand on a year earlier. 50% of claimants were male. Both the
male and female caseloads are rising, males by 39 thousand and
females by 44 thousand in the year to May '07.
At May '07,10% of recipients were children, 58% were working
age and 32% were pension age (a small number are an unknown age).
3.2 Attendance Allowance
Attendance Allowance (AA) was introduced on 6 December 1971 and
is a benefit for people over the age of 65 who are so severely
disabled, physically or mentally, that they need a great deal of
help with personal care or supervision. Those requiring constant
help receive the higher rate of benefit.
At May '07 there were 1.51 million people receiving
Attendance Allowance (excluding suspended cases), a rise of 42
thousand on a year earlier. Of these, 32% were male and 68%
female. Both the male and female caseloads are rising, males by 19
thousand and females by 23 thousand in the year to May '07.
At May '07, 66% were aged 80 or over.
3.3 Carer's Allowance
Carer's Allowance (CA) was introduced on 5 July 1976; it is
paid to carers who looks after a severely disabled person for at
least 35 hours a week. The severely disabled person must be
getting either higher or middle rate DLA care component or AA or
maximum rate Constant Attendance Allowance with their War Pension
or Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
At May '07, there were 465 thousand people receiving
Carer's Allowance (not including underlying entitlement
cases). 26% of claimants were male, and 74% female.
At May '07, there were a further 370 thousand people
entitled to Carer's Allowance but not receiving any payment
due to overlapping benefit provisions (ie underlying entitlement cases).
3.4 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) was introduced on
5 July 1948 and is a benefit for people who are disabled because
of an industrial accident or prescribed industrial disease. Since
1 October 1986 any claim resulting in an assessment of less than
14% disabled does not normally attract benefit
There were 334 thousand people claiming under the Industrial
Injuries Disablement Benefit scheme in March 2007, of whom 61%
received Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit only, 21%
received Reduced Earnings Allowance only, and 18% received both.
The number of people claiming benefit was 1.0% lower than in March
06. The average weekly payment was £42.91
4. Families & Children
4.1 Child Support Agency cases
Launched on 5 April 1993, the Child Support Agency (CSA) is an
executive agency of the Department for Work and Pensions, set up
to implement the Child Support Act 1991 and operate the new child
maintenance system in Great Britain (there is a separate but
parallel agency for Northern Ireland). The CSA is responsible for
tracing Non-resident Parents, working out how much maintenance
they should pay, and can collect and enforce payments. Prior to 3
March 2003, CSA stored information on the Child Support Computer
System (CSCS). Since the introduction of the new computer system
(CS2) on that date, all new Child Support applications have been
assessed under a new scheme on the new system. The CSA statistics
presented here were released on 25 July 2007. These charts
reproduce those numbers to provide a complete picture of DWP business.
At the end of September 2007, the CSA caseload stood at 1.4
million, a decrease of 3% on the same point in the previous year
At the end of September 2007, there were 162,000 uncleared
applications across both schemes, a fall of 37% over the previous
twelve months. The volume of uncleared new scheme applications has
fallen by 10,000 since June 2007 and, at 128,000, is at its lowest
since December 2003. This represents a fall of 36% since September 2006.
In the quarter ending September 2007, 62% of all cases in which
maintenance was due had either received maintenance via the CSA
collection service, or had a maintenance direct arrangement in
place. This figure has not changed in recent months and currently
equates to 498,000 cases.
5. Appeals Service
5.1 Appeals Service lodgements
The Independent Tribunal Service was introduced in 1984 to
provide an independent appeals system. It was replaced by the
Appeals Service (tAS) in April 2000. From 1st April 2006 the
Appeals Service, was renamed as the Social Security and Child
Support Appeals Tribunal (SSCSA) and became part of The Tribunals
Service (a new Executive agency within the Department for
Constitutional Affairs). For operational reasons, the DWP is
continuing to produce statistics on its behalf. In a rolling
program over 2006, SSCSA has replaced GAPS (the Generic Appeals
Processing System) with a new system: GAPS2. The last month for
which reliable figures can be produced (under GAPS1) is May 06. It
is not yet possible to provide reliable figures for the
Statistical Summary under the new system. Therefore no figures are
published here. When reliable figures become available the Appeals
Section of the Statistical Summary will be resumed.
Annex A - Benefit flows
A.1 Background
This release sees the publication of new experimental National
Statistics on benefit flows. The figures show the number of claims
opened and closed per quarter for each of the main DWP benefits.
The figures are published on the internet based tabulation tool.
Figures are sourced from the WPLS, and are produced on a
consistent basis to the caseload series, with most benefits being
available back to Aug-99 for on-flows, and Nov-99 for off-flows.
Figures are available for Widows/ Bereavement Benefit, Incapacity
Benefit/ Severe Disablement Allowance, Income Support, Pension
Credit and State Pension. WPLS-based flows figures for JSA are
currently not available. However, ONS already publish JSA claimant
count flows on the NOMIS website. These are available at
https://http://www.nomisweb.co.uk
We are exploring the potential to introduce WPLS based JSA
figures and will provide an update in due course.
Labelling the benefit flows figures as experimental is an
approach often used with new statistical outputs. It helps to
identify the figures as new and demonstrates that we are open to
feedback on their usefulness. The label is also appropriate due to
ongoing improvements to DWP statistics over the next few years
which may lead to further developments in the outputs.
For more information and guidance on the use of experimental
statistics, please visit the following page on the ONS website: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=173
If you have any feedback on the usefulness of the flows
statistics, then we would be pleased to receive this using the
following email address: stats-consultation@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS
1. Modernisation of DWP statistics
The National Statistics paper "DWP statistics transformed:
the modernisation of the DWP's data sources and statistical
publications" announced major changes to the National
Statistics the Department publishes, both in the data sources
employed and the methods of dissemination. The paper is available
from http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/stats_consultation/modstats.pdf
2. Links to internet-based statistical tables
For each statistic in this publication, access to more detailed
statistics are available by clicking on the web links. For
benefit, New Deal and vacancy statistics derived from 100%
sources, an internet-based Tabulation Tool is available with the
ability for users to define their own statistical queries
(available from http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp).
A similar Tabulation Tool, derived from 5% sample data, is also
available. Data on key benefits continue to be available via NOMIS
http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/.
Whenever possible, 100% data should be used in preference to 5%
estimates, as these are both more accurate and form DWP's
headline statistics. Some statistics remain outside the scope of
the Tabulation Tool but will continue to be available via the
internet as pre-defined summary tables
3. Statistical groups
DWP has introduced a new typology to define Statistical Groups
within the client group classifications. The aim of the
Statistical Group typology is to present each person by the main
reasons they are in contact with the Department. Like the client
group classification, each client is classified just once,
permitting the estimation of the total number of people claiming
one or more benefits. The Statistical Group hierarchy is a]
Jobseeker b] Incapacity benefits c] Lone parents d] Carers e]
Other income-related benefits f] Disabled g] Bereaved h] Housing
Benefit i] receiving State Pension only. More information can be
found in the National Statistics paper described in paragraph 1 above.
4. Flows on and off benefit
Also available from this release onwards are quarterly figures
on flows on and off all the main benefits. These are available via
the Tabulation Tool.
5. Other National Statistics issued by the Department for Work
and Pensions
Abstract of Statistics for Benefits and Contributions and Indices
of Prices and Earnings (annual) - provides a reference source for
those people interested in the main aspects of benefits,
contributions and indices of prices and earnings. Latest published
figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/other_stats.asp
Appeal Tribunal Statistics (quarterly) - provides statistics on
appeals and decisions. Latest published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/qat.asp
Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics - provides
statistics on the Child Support Agency. Latest published figures:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/csa.asp
Contributions and Qualifying Years for Retirement Pension
(annual) - provides statistics on the number of people who have
qualified for State Pension.
Family Resources Survey (annual) - provides information on the
incomes and circumstances of private households in the United
Kingdom: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/frs/
Households Below Average Income (annual) - provides information
on potential living standards as determined by disposable income,
changes in income patterns over time and income mobility: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hbai.asp
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Annual Summary of
Statistics - provides statistics on Housing Benefit /Council Tax
Benefit from a 1 per cent sample of data from Local Authorities.
Latest published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hbctb.asp
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Summary of
Statistics - provides statistics on Housing Benefit /Council Tax
Benefit from quarterly caseload counts. Includes average amounts
of benefit. Latest published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hbctb.asp
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Quarterly Performance
Statistics - provides high level statistics on Local Authority
processing of Housing Benefit / Council Tax Benefit from quarterly
administrative returns. Includes speed of processing new claims
and charges of circumstances. Latest published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/hb_ctb/performance.asp
Housing Benefit Quarterly Fraud Performance Statistics - provides
high level statistics on Local Authority fraud performance from
quarterly administrative returns. Includes numbers of referrals,
investigations actioned and sanctions administered. Latest
published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/hb_ctb/performance.asp
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit and Reduced Earnings
Allowance Statistics (annual) - provides statistics on current
assessments and movements during statistical period.
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Quarterly Summary of
Statistics - provides statistics on people in receipt of
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, new claims and newly
diagnosed prescribed diseases. Latest published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/iidb.asp
National Insurance numbers allocated to overseas nationals
(Previously migrant workers statistics - quarterly) provides
statistics on migrant workers. Latest published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/niall/nino_allocation.asp
Neighbourhood Statistics - Quarterly ward and Lower Super Outputs
Area caseloads for Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance,
Incapacity Benefits, Disability Living Allowance, Pension Credit
and State Pension are available from http://193.115.152.21/NESS/page1.htm
Pensioner Income Series (annual) - examines the levels, sources
and distribution of pensioners' incomes and the position of
pensioners within the population income distribution. Latest
published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd6/pensioners_income.asp
Second Tier Pension Provision (annual) - contains analysis of
contracted out pension schemes. Latest published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/dsu/second_tier/second_tier.asp
Tax/Benefit Model Tables (annual) - designed to illustrate the
weekly financial circumstances of a selection of hypothetical
local authority and private tenants. Latest published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tbmt.asp
Work and Pension Statistics (annual) - a summary of all
Department for Work and Pensions' National Statistics, covers
all benefits and schemes. Also includes take up of benefits and
appeals. Latest published figures: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/wandp.asp
6. Other statistical outputs issued by the Department for Work
and Pensions
Benefit Expenditure Tables - financial year historic information
on benefit expenditure and caseloads, along with forecasts are
available from http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/expenditure.asp
The full tables and graphs are available on the GNN website: http://www.gnn.gov.uk
Issued by:
Information Directorate
Department for Work
and Pensions
Telephone:
Press Office: 0207 238 0866
Public Enquiries:
0207 712 2171
Website:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk
Statistician:
Martin McGill
Information
Directorate
Department for Work and Pensions
BP
5201
Benton Park View
Benton Park
Road
Longbenton
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE98 1YX
Telephone: 0191 225 7661
Facsimile: 0191 225 3193
Email: martin.mcgill@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Next publication: 13 February 2008