Worklessness Summary Statistics: Claimant count

Claimant Count; the number and percentage of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance, broken down by age band and duration of claim.

Office for National Statistics (ONS),Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Neighbourhood Statistics

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England and Wales

Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National

2007

April 2005 - March 2006 to January 2007 - December 2007

Quarterly

Administrative data

Claimant counts and rates, and claimants by age and duration are derived from Unemployment Claimant Count data produced by ONS, which are a measure of those claiming benefits. This is also a National Statistics publication. The figures are derived from 100% administrative data which are not subject to any sampling errors. Stringent and thorough quality checks are applied to the data to ensure its accuracy and reliability. Note that the claimant rate by duration categories do not use the claimant count total as a denominator. Instead they use the sum of the two sub categories -Claimants for less than 12 months, and Claimants for 12 months or more. This is in order to protect from disclosure of the true counts, and to ensure the sub-categories sum to 100%. Calculating the rates in this way may however reduce accuracy in individual instances.

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