Statistics at DWP
We publish statistics on benefits, pensions, employment programmes, income distribution and other subjects we are responsible for.
Published and upcoming statistics
We publish Official and National Statistics on a regular basis. They provide accurate and impartial information about Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits and related subjects.
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Use search terms and filters to find published statistics and details of upcoming statistics in our statistics release calendar.
Find details of developments coming to our statistics in our statistical work programme.
Ad hoc statistics
We also publish ad hoc statistics. These are published in response to specific questions and are not part of our regular Official and National Statistics publications.
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Management information and ad hoc analyses
We also publish management information and ad hoc analyses that are not classified as statistics (or research). These are published in the interests of transparency and are not part of our regular Official and National Statistics publications.
View details of our upcoming management information and ad hoc analyses.
Freedom of Information requests related to statistics
We also publish our responses to Freedom of Information requests related to DWP statistics.
Data analysis tools
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Data visualisations
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Stat-Xplore
is an online tool that allows the creation and download of customised statistical tables, as well as data visualisation through interactive charts. It currently holds statistics on:
- Alternative Claimant Count
- Attendance Allowance (AA)
- Benefit Cap
- Benefit Combinations
- Bereavement Benefits
- Bereavement Support Payment
- Carer바카라 사이트s Allowance
- Child Maintenance Service
- Children in Low Income Families
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- ESA Work Capability Assessments
- Family Resources Survey
- Households Below Average Income
- Housing Benefit (HB)
- Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance
- Income Support (IS)
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB)
- Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)
- National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals
- Pension Credit
- Pensioner Income
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Population Estimates
- Sanction decisions for:
- Jobseeker바카라 사이트s Allowance (JSA)
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income Support (IS)
- Universal Credit (UC)
- State Pension
- Support for Mortgage Interest
- Universal Credit
- Widow바카라 사이트s Benefit
- Work and Health Programme
- Work Programme
Changes to DWP statistical geographies
Due to increasing demand from users, DWP is making improvements to the published geography information in its National and Official statistics releases. This includes data released on . Read our DWP statistical geographies note for more information about the changes.
DWP statistics and contacts by theme
Browse our regular statistical releases by theme below.
- Children, families and bereavement
- Employment support schemes
- Equality information
- Health, disability and care
- Housing and heating
- Income and living standards
- Pensions and older people
- Spending, fraud and error
- Work and unemployment
Children, families and bereavement
Bereavement Benefit 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Bereavement Support Payment 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options 바카라 사이트 Estimated numbers of different types of child maintenance arrangement made after speaking to Child Maintenance (CM) Options from survey data.
Contact: cm.analysis.research@dwp.gov.uk
Child Maintenance Service statistics 바카라 사이트 Statistics on cases processed under the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme.
Contact: cm.analysis.research@dwp.gov.uk
Childcare element statistics 바카라 사이트 Statistics about households receiving Universal Credit childcare element.
Contact: ucad.briefinganalysis@dwp.gov.uk
Child Support Agency (CSA) statistics 바카라 사이트 Statistics on the CSA statutory child maintenance schemes and CSA case closures.
Contact: cm.analysis.research@dwp.gov.uk
Children in out-of-work benefit households 바카라 사이트 Numbers of children living in households where a parent or guardian claimed out-of-work benefits. This series ended in 2018.
Children in low income families: local area statistics 바카라 사이트 Number and percentage of children living in relative and absolute low income families. Contact: russ.bentley@dwp.gov.uk
European Social Fund (ESF) support for families with multiple problems (ceased) 바카라 사이트 Statistics on the ESF support for families with multiple problems programme. This series ended in October 2015.
In Work Credit (ceased) 바카라 사이트 Take-up of the In Work Credit (IWC), a financial incentive available to lone parents moving into work. This series ended in May 2014.
Income Support lone parent regime 바카라 사이트 This statistical series has ended. The statistics are now included in our benefits statistical summaries and benefit sanctions statistics.
Lone parents receiving Jobseeker바카라 사이트s Allowance 바카라 사이트 Number of lone parents receiving JSA. This series ended in May 2018.
Maternity Allowance 바카라 사이트 Number of women claiming Maternity Allowance.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Separated families statistics 바카라 사이트 Estimates relating to separated families and their child maintenance arrangements.
Contact: cm.analysis.research@dwp.gov.uk
Social Justice outcomes framework: family stability indicator 바카라 사이트 Family stability indicator results. This series was last published in March 2016.
Widow바카라 사이트s Benefit 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Troubled Families programme 바카라 사이트 Statistics on benefits and employment for individuals and households on the programme. This statistical series has ended.
Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children 바카라 사이트 Statistics about the policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.
Contact: ucad.briefinganalysis@dwp.gov.uk
Employment support schemes
Access to Work recipients 바카라 사이트 Statistics on the number of people who had Access to Work provision approved.
Contact: access.toworkstatistics@dwp.gov.uk
DWP CFO European Social Fund (ESF) 2014 to 2020 바카라 사이트 Statistics on the European Social Fund (ESF) 2014 to 2020 employment programme operated by DWP as a co-financing organisation (CFO) in England. This statistical series has ended.
European Social Fund (ESF) support for families with multiple problems (ceased) 바카라 사이트 Statistics on the ESF support for families with multiple problems programme. This series ended in October 2015.
Help to Work 바카라 사이트 a range of options that helped long-term unemployed people into work. This series ended in March 2018.
Income Support lone parent regime 바카라 사이트 This statistical series has ended. The statistics are now included in our benefits statistical summaries and benefit sanctions statistics.
JSA: Six Month Offer (ceased) 바카라 사이트 Take-up of the Six Month Offer, a recruitment subsidy for job seekers that ended in March 2011.
JSA: Young Person바카라 사이트s Guarantee (YPG) 바카라 사이트 Statistics on YPG, which offered up to 24 weeks full-time training for unemployed young people. This series ended in April 2011.
New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) 바카라 사이트 Statistics on NEA including number of starts with a business mentor and the number of business starts. This statistical series has ended.
Provider-Led Pathways to Work 바카라 사이트 Numbers of starts to the programme (now closed) and resulting job starts. This series ended in October 2011.
Contact: hatti.archer@dwp.gov.uk
Pre-Work Programme, New Enterprise Allowance, Youth Offer and Youth Contract 바카라 사이트 Statistics on pre-Work Programme mandatory programmes and work experience, sector-based work academies and Youth Contract Wage Incentives. This statistical series has ended.
Restart Scheme 바카라 사이트 Experimental statistics on people referred to and starting on the Restart Scheme.
Contact: cep.statistics@dwp.gov.uk
Specialist Employability Support 바카라 사이트 the number of referrals to the programme and the corresponding numbers of starts and participants who find a job. Contact: archer.halsejobshare@dwp.gov.uk
Troubled Families programme 바카라 사이트 Statistics on benefits and employment for individuals and households on the programme. This statistical series has ended.
Work Choice: number of starts and referrals 바카라 사이트 Numbers of referrals to the Work Choice programme, starts and participants who find a job.
Contact: archer.halsejobshare@dwp.gov.uk
Work Programme 바카라 사이트 Statistics on people joining the Work Programme, participants achieving defined periods in work and participants completing the programme. This statistical series has ended.
Work and Health Programme 바카라 사이트 Statistics on people referred to and starting on the Work and Health Programme.
Contact: epass.team@dwp.gov.uk
Youth Unemployment Innovation Fund pilot 바카라 사이트 Statistics on the pilot including number of participant starts, positive outcomes and evaluation findings. This statistical series has ended.
Equality information
Equality information 바카라 사이트 Equality statistics on DWP employees and claimants
Contact: health.wellbeingandinclusion@dwp.gov.uk
Health, disability and care
Attendance Allowance 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Carer바카라 사이트s Allowance 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme 바카라 사이트 Includes statistics on applications received, success rates and payment. This series ended in August 2019. The information will continue to be published in the DMPS annual review.
Contact: caxtonhouse.dmps@dwp.gov.uk
Disability Living Allowance 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) summary 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
ESA: incapacity benefits reassessment (ceased) 바카라 사이트 Statistics on the reassessment of incapacity benefits claimants for ESA. This series ended in November 2012.
ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessment 바카라 사이트 Work Capability Assessment outcomes for new ESA claims and incapacity benefits claims converted to ESA.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
ESA sanctions 바카라 사이트 Number of sanctions imposed on people who receive ESA.
Contact: epass.team@dwp.gov.uk
Incapacity Benefit 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Life Opportunities Survey 바카라 사이트 Data on how disabled and non-disabled people participate in society. This series ended in September 2015.
Opinions and Lifestyle survey: 바카라 사이트Fulfilling Potential바카라 사이트 outcomes and indicators
Data measuring indicators in the Fulfilling Potential disability strategy outcomes and indicators framework. This series was last published in August 2015.
Personal Independence Payment 바카라 사이트 Includes numbers of claims in payment, new claim registrations, decisions and awards made.
Contact: jess.arrowsmith@dwp.gov.uk
Severe Disablement Allowance 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
The employment of disabled people 바카라 사이트 Detailed analysis and break downs of the number of disabled people in employment.
Contact: mark.burley1@dwp.gov.uk
Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments 바카라 사이트 Number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work and the number (and outcomes) of Work Capability Assessment decisions made for Universal Credit.
Contact: stats.consultation-2018@dwp.gov.uk
Housing and heating
Cold Weather Payments 바카라 사이트 Estimated number of Cold Weather Payments and total amounts paid.
Contact: socialfundstrategy.singlepointofcontact@dwp.gov.uk
Discretionary Housing Payments 바카라 사이트 Statistics on local authorities바카라 사이트 use of Discretionary Housing Payment funds.
Contact: keir.thomson@dwp.gov.uk
Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit 바카라 사이트 Includes numbers receiving HB and the amount received. Council Tax Benefit data was provided to 2013.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
HB caseload 바카라 사이트 Numbers of HB claimants.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
HB entitlement reductions 바카라 사이트 Statistics on HB entitlement reductions identified by local authorities as a proportion of expected reductions. This statistical series has ended.
Contact: hbfe.performance@dwp.gov.uk
HB flows data 바카라 사이트 Numbers of HB claims beginning and ending.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
HB debt recoveries 바카라 사이트 Data on incorrectly overpaid Housing Benefit (formerly HB recoveries and fraud)
Contact: cbm.stats@dwp.gov.uk
HB speed of processing 바카라 사이트 Measure of the average time it takes to process a new claim or a change in circumstance of an existing claimant.
Contact: cbm.stats@dwp.gov.uk
Support for Mortgage Interest statistics - The number of households who are currently in receipt of the support as well as the number who have received Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans so far.
Contact: katie.wilkinson1@dwp.gov.uk
Winter Fuel Payment 바카라 사이트 Includes recipient and household data, and payments in EEA countries and Switzerland.
Contact: wfp.statistics@dwp.gov.uk
Income and living standards
Below Average Resources 바카라 사이트 Official Statistics in Development outlining a new additional measure of poverty based on the approach proposed by the Social Metrics Commission.
Contact: team.povertystats@dwp.gov.uk
Children in out-of-work benefit households 바카라 사이트 Numbers of children living in households where a parent or guardian claimed out-of-work benefits. This series ended in 2018
Children in low income families: local area statistics 바카라 사이트 Number and percentage of children living in relative and absolute low income families.
Contact: russ.bentley@dwp.gov.uk
Combined working age absolute low income and material deprivation estimates 바카라 사이트 Experimental statistics on working-age adults in combined absolute low income and material deprivation. This statistical series has ended as a separate release. The statistics are now included in the annual Households Below Average Income (HBAI) releases.
Family Resources Survey 바카라 사이트 Facts and figures about the incomes and living circumstances of households and families in the UK.
Contact: team.frs@dwp.gov.uk
Households below average income (HBAI) 바카라 사이트 Number and percentage of people living in low-income households in the UK.
Contact: team.hbai@dwp.gov.uk
Income dynamics 바카라 사이트 Data on changes in incomes in the UK including a measure of the extent to which people experience persistently low income.
Contact: teamincome.dynamics@dwp.gov.uk
Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up 바카라 사이트 Estimates of the take-up of the main income-related benefits in Great Britain.
Contact: irb.takeup@dwp.gov.uk
Income Support 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Income Support sanctions 바카라 사이트 Number of sanctions imposed on people who receive Income Support.
Contact: epass.team@dwp.gov.uk
Pension Credit 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Pensioners바카라 사이트 Incomes series 바카라 사이트 Annual statistics on pensioners바카라 사이트 incomes.
Contact: pensioners-incomes@dwp.gov.uk
Pensions and older people
Attendance Allowance 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Cold Weather Payments 바카라 사이트 Estimated number of Cold Weather Payments and total amounts paid.
Contact: socialfundstrategy.singlepointofcontact@dwp.gov.uk
Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over 바카라 사이트 Trends over time in the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over.
Contact: 50pluschoices.analysis@dwp.gov.uk
Neighbourhood statistics data: ward and super output area/data zone 바카라 사이트 Numbers of DWP benefit claimants within small geographical areas.
Contact: judith.correia@dwp.gov.uk
Older workers statistical information booklet (ceased) 바카라 사이트 Labour market position of people aged 50 and over up to June 2013. This series ended in July 2015
Pension Credit 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Pension provision (ceased) 바카라 사이트 Statistics on people who qualify for State Pension and people with some kind of second tier pension cover. This series ended in April 2013.
Contact: judith.correia@dwp.gov.uk
Pensioners바카라 사이트 Incomes series 바카라 사이트 Annual statistics on pensioners바카라 사이트 incomes.
Contact: pensioners-incomes@dwp.gov.uk
State Pension 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Winter Fuel Payment 바카라 사이트 Includes recipient and household data, and payments in EEA countries and Switzerland.
Contact: wfp.statistics@dwp.gov.uk
Workplace pension participation and savings trends 바카라 사이트 Workplace pension participation and saving trends, and estimates of the future impacts of automatic enrolment in them.
Contact: workplacepensions.reformsevaluation@dwp.gov.uk
Spending, fraud and error
Abstract of statistics 바카라 사이트 Statistics on benefits, National Insurance contributions and indices of prices and earnings in Great Britain.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
Benefit cap 바카라 사이트 Statistics on households affected by the benefit cap.
Contact: cbm.stats@dwp.gov.uk
Fraud and error in the benefit system 바카라 사이트 Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain.
Contact:Β enquiries.fema@dwp.gov.uk
Unfulfilled eligibility in the benefit systemΒ 바카라 사이트 Estimates of unfulfilled eligibility levels in the benefit system in Great Britain.
Contact:Β enquiries.fema@dwp.gov.uk
Work and unemployment
Alternative Claimant Count statistics 바카라 사이트 Number of people claiming unemployment related benefits. This series ended in October 2022.
Census output area data on workless benefit claimants 바카라 사이트 Numbers of people by area claiming JSA, ESA, Income Support and other income-related benefits. This series has been suspended and the latest data is for August 2015.
Contact: judith.correia@dwp.gov.uk
Duration on working-age benefits 바카라 사이트 The length of time that claimants receive working-age benefits. This series ended in April 2016.
Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time 바카라 사이트 statistics on the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over.
Contact: 50pluschoices.analysis@dwp.gov.uk
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) summary 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
ESA: incapacity benefits reassessment (ceased) 바카라 사이트 Statistics on the reassessment of incapacity benefits claimants for ESA. This series ended in November 2012.
ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessment 바카라 사이트 Work Capability Assessment outcomes for new ESA claims and incapacity benefits claims converted to ESA.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
ESA sanctions 바카라 사이트 Number of sanctions imposed on ESA claimants.
Contact: epass.team@dwp.gov.uk
In Work Credit (ceased) 바카라 사이트 Take-up of the In Work Credit, a financial incentive available to lone parents moving into work. This series ended in May 2014.
Jobseeker바카라 사이트s Allowance (JSA) 바카라 사이트 Part of our DWP benefit statistics.
Contact: tonia.hagan@dwp.gov.uk
JSA sanctions 바카라 사이트 Number of sanctions imposed on people who receive JSA.
Contact: epass.team@dwp.gov.uk
JSA: Six Month Offer 바카라 사이트 Quarterly statistics detailing take-up of the Six Month Offer, a recruitment subsidy for job seekers that ended in March 2011. This series ended in October 2011.
JSA: Young Person바카라 사이트s Guarantee (YPG) 바카라 사이트 Quarterly statistics on YPG, which offers up to 24 weeks full-time training for unemployed young people. This series ended in April 2011.
Lone parents receiving Jobseeker바카라 사이트s Allowance 바카라 사이트 Number of lone parents receiving JSA. This series ended in May 2018.
Labour market status by ethnic group 바카라 사이트 Statistics on labour market status by ethnic group. This series ended in April 2016.
Move to Universal Credit 바카라 사이트 number of people who have been sent managed migration notices inviting them to claim Universal Credit.
Contact: ucad.briefinganalysis@dwp.gov.uk
National Indicators 바카라 사이트 Employment rates and 바카라 사이트out of work benefits바카라 사이트 claimed by area. This series ended in May 2013.
National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals 바카라 사이트 National Insurance number allocations by nationality at point of NINo registration of DWP benefit recipients.
Contact: cbm.stats@dwp.gov.uk
Neighbourhood statistics data: ward and super output area/data zone 바카라 사이트 Data on DWP benefit claimants within small geographical areas.
The employment of disabled people 바카라 사이트 Detailed analysis and break downs of the number of disabled people in employment.
Contact: mark.burley1@dwp.gov.uk
Universal Credit 바카라 사이트 Number of people and households on Universal Credit, starts and claims made.
Contact: team.ucos@dwp.gov.uk
Universal Credit sanctions 바카라 사이트 Number of sanctions imposed on people who receive Universal Credit.
Contact: epass.team@dwp.gov.uk
Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments 바카라 사이트 Number of people on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work and the number (and outcomes) of Work Capability Assessment decisions made for Universal Credit.
Contact: stats.consultation-2018@dwp.gov.uk
DWP research
As well as statistics, we also publish research and analysis.
DWP benefit expenditure and caseload tables
Our benefit expenditure and caseload tables provide historic and forecast expenditure and caseload information.
Contacts: general enquiries
Contacts for DWP specific statistics are listed above.
| General enquiries | Contact |
|---|---|
| General statistical enquiries | igs.foi@dwp.gov.uk |
| Forecasting, trends and projections | expenditure.tables@dwp.gov.uk |
| Analytical tools and model development | tim.knight@dwp.gov.uk |
Policies and procedures for DWP statistics
We바카라 사이트ve published our policies and procedures for DWP statistics in the interests of transparency and to comply with the UK Statistics Authority code of practice.
Pre-release access to statistics
We바카라 사이트ve published the DWP arrangements for pre-release access to statistics in the interests of openness and transparency. This provides details of the job titles of everyone who has pre-release access and the organisations to which they belong.