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DWP benefits statistics: May 2019

Statistics on DWP-administered benefits.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 14 May 2019
• Last updated: 17 January 2020 — See all updates

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State Pension caseload statistics (5% sample) to September 2018

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Details

Data on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits is released quarterly through:

• Stat-Xplore
• NOMIS
• data tables

A statistical summary document is published on a 6 monthly basis in February and August each year. It contains a high level summary of the latest National Statistics on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits.

During the quality assurance of Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) experimental official statistics, DWP statisticians have identified an issue with claims in payment figures. The data tables have been removed from the May and August 2019 publications. Tables 2-7 have been removed from the November 2019 publication. Table 1 is still available in the November publication onwards. Further information can be found on the DWP benefits statistics collection page and in the “Welfare and Benefits” community on StatsUserNet. Email [email protected] if you have any comments or questions.

Data on Stat-Xplore

The data on Stat-Xplore has been extended to include Jobseeker’s Allowance, Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance, and a timeseries for Income Support from August 1999.

Due to the improvements made to Stat-Xplore, May 2019 will be the last time NOMIS is updated for the datasets listed under “Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study” and August 2019 will be the last update of the “5% Sample Data”. We will remove both products from NOMIS from November 2019. Please contact [email protected] if you have any comments about this.

Find further information about the statistics, including details on changes and revisions, in the background and methodology documents.

Published 14 May 2019
Last updated 17 January 2020 + show all updates

1. 17 January 2020

   Removed the Bereavement Support Payment data tables while the data is being corrected. Added an explanation to the page detail.

2. 14 May 2019

   First published.