The Claimant Count is an administrative measure of the number of people claiming benefit principally for the reason of being unemployed, using individual records from the benefit system.

Release calendar

Claimant Count
Release date Status Reference period
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20 Oct 2026 07:00Released10 Sep 26
17 Nov 2026 07:00Confirmed08 Oct 26
15 Dec 2026 07:00Confirmed12 Nov 26
16 Feb 2027 07:00Confirmed14 Jan 27
16 Mar 2027 07:00Confirmed11 Feb 27
20 Apr 2027 07:00Confirmed11 Mar 27
18 May 2027 07:00Confirmed08 Apr 27
15 Jun 2027 07:00Confirmed13 May 27
20 Jul 2027 07:00Confirmed10 Jun 27
17 Aug 2027 07:00Confirmed08 Jul 27
14 Sep 2027 07:00Confirmed12 Aug 27
19 Oct 2027 07:00Confirmed09 Sep 27
16 Nov 2027 07:00Confirmed14 Oct 27
14 Dec 2027 07:00Confirmed11 Nov 27

Datasets updated with this calendar

  • Claimant count by sex and age
    The Claimant Count - the stock of Universal Credit and Job Seekers Allowance claimants broken down by sex, age and type of benefit being claimed. Claimant count proportions are available but not when the figures are not broken down by age.
  • Claimant Count - seasonally adjusted
    The seasonally adjusted series takes into account seasonal patterns of claims and previous changes to the way in which claimants are counted so that the whole series from 1971 is consistent with the current data. This allow comparisons over time to be made which are not affected by the discontinuities found in the unadjusted series. The current seasonally adjusted series relates only to claimants aged 18 or over.

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