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Alternative Claimant Count statistics

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

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 22 January 2019
• Last updated: 11 October 2022 — See all updates

These statistics include breakdowns by:

• type of claimant
• age and gender
• local authority and Parliamentary Constituency
• month (from January 2013 to August 2022)

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Final release

This is the final release of this series. The Alternative Claimant Count (ACC) statistics have always been presented as an interim series to complement the ONS Claimant Count. Four years after they were first published and now that the majority of unemployment-related benefit claimants (89%) have migrated to Universal Credit or new-style Jobseeker’s Allowance, the series now has marginal value as trends have converged to the ONS Claimant Count. The ONS Claimant Count, released monthly, provides a timelier and more frequent series (available at: Nomisweb.co.uk).

• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to August 2022
  • 11 October 2022
  • Official Statistics

Previous releases

• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to May 2022
  • 19 July 2022
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to February 2022
  • 12 April 2022
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to November 2021
  • 18 January 2022
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to August 2021
  • 12 October 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to May 2021
  • 15 July 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to February 2021
  • 20 April 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to November 2020
  • 26 January 2021
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to August 2020
  • 13 October 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to May 2020
  • 16 July 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to February 2020
  • 12 May 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics: January 2013 to November 2019
  • 21 January 2020
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics, Great Britain: January 2013 to August 2019
  • 15 October 2019
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics, Great Britain: January 2013 to May 2019
  • 19 July 2019
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics, Great Britain: January 2013 to February 2019
  • 21 May 2019
  • Official Statistics
• Alternative Claimant Count statistics, Great Britain: January 2013 to November 2018
  • 22 January 2019
  • Official Statistics

Background information and methodology

• Alternative Claimant Count statistics: background information and methodology
  • 13 October 2020
  • Guidance

Consultation outcome

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

Published 22 January 2019
Last updated 11 October 2022 + show all updates

1. 11 October 2022

   Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to August 2022.

2. 19 July 2022

   Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to May 2022.

3. 12 April 2022

   Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to February 2022.

4. 18 January 2022

   Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to November 2021.

5. 12 October 2021

   Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to August 2021.

6. 15 July 2021

   Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics - these have data from January 2013 to May 2021.

7. 20 April 2021

   Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data January 2013 to February 2021.

8. 26 January 2021

   Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, January 2013 to November 2020.

9. 13 October 2020

   Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to August 2020.

10. 16 July 2020

    Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to May 2020.

11. 21 April 2020

    Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to February 2020.

12. 21 January 2020

    Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to November 2019.

13. 15 October 2019

    Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to August 2019.

14. 16 July 2019

    Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to May 2019.

15. 16 April 2019

    Added a link to the latest release of Alternative Claimant Count statistics, with data from January 2013 to February 2019.

16. 22 January 2019

    First published.