DWP benefits - Working Age Client Group
Description |
The information in this dataset refers to numbers of Working Age Benefit Claimants and is derived from a 100% data source; the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). The dataset provides counts of benefit claimants categorised by their statistical group (their main reason for interacting with the benefit system), gender and age. |
Geographic coverage |
Great Britain |
Geographic units |
Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA), Datazone (DZ) - Scotland |
Time coverage (most recent) |
- |
Time coverage |
1999 to 2007 |
Update frequency |
Quarterly |
Source |
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) |
Guidelines |
- |
Publisher |
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) |
URL |
Nomis data (most up to date) https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/ |
URL notes |
Claimants may be claiming more than one benefit and are therefore categorised according to a benefit hierarchy. |
Notes |
- |
Data suppression |
Rounded to the nearest 5 persons |
Time series consistency |
As no data are held for Disability Living Allowance before May 2002, there is a discontinuity in the series at that point. The time series for Job Seeker, Incapacity Benefits, Lone Parent, Carer and Other on Income Related Benefit statistical groups are directly comparable back to August 1999 |
Reliability |
The main advantage of this dataset is that the double counting of claimants of multiple benefits has been removed so that users will get a more accurate picture of benefit claiming and worklessness at a small area level. |
Component variables |
Working Age Client Group; Total
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Type |
Dataset |
PSA floor target |
As part of the wider objective of full employment in every region, over the three years to Spring 2008, and taking account of the economic cycle: - demonstrate progress on increasing the employment rate; - increase the employment rates of disadvantaged groups (lone parents, ethnic minorities, people aged 50 and over, those with the lowest qualifications and those living in the local authority wards with the poorest initial labour market position); and - significantly reduce the difference between the employment rates of the disadvantaged groups and the overall rate. |
LAA block |
LAA Block: Economic Development |
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