Delay to publication of DWP benefits data

Due to technical problems, DWP have delayed the release of the August 2010 benefits data originally scheduled for Wed 16 Feb 2011. DWP have resolved the key underlying issues and have announced that the revised release date will be Wed 16 Mar 2011. This is a one-off issue and subsequent releases will resume the usual pattern.

This delay does not affect the claimant count datasets. Jan 2011 claimant count figures will be published as scheduled on Wed 16 Feb 2011.