The monthly update of the claimant count and Jobcentre vacancies data series took place at 09:30 on 15 December 2010 with the release of new data for November 2010. The full list of updates is given below.


Accessing the data:
Headline claimant count and Jobcentre vacancy figures for an area are available from the area profiles. Choose either the local authority profile, parliamentary constituency profile, or ward profile depending on the type of area for which you want figures. The headline national and regional figures are available as a spreadsheet download (xls).

To access the full datasets in advanced query use the links in the list below.


Jobseeker's Allowance Claimant Count

New November 2010 data has been added to:

New October 2010 data has been added to:

  • claimant stocks and flows - ethnicity, age and duration   [link to data]


Jobcentre Plus Vacancies

New November 2010 data has been added to:


The Jobcentre vacancy data for September 2010 remain withdrawn. This is due to problems identified with the source data supplied by DWP. DWP are continuing to investigate and will provide further details when time scales are known.