Official Statistics

Alternative Claimant Count statistics January 2013 to February 2020

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

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Data tables: Alternative Claimant Count statistics: January 2013 to February 2020

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The latest release of these statistics can be found in the Alternative Claimant Count statistics collection.

These Alternative Claimant Count statistics measure the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits by modelling what the count would have been if Universal Credit had been in place since 2013.

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Lead statistician: Luke Stockham

Updates to this page

Published 21 April 2020
Last updated 12 May 2020 + show all updates
  1. Note added that, following consultation with stakeholders, we are continuing to review the frequency of updates to the Alternative Claimant Count statistics.

  2. First published.

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