Data in this section includes the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and National Insurance credits at Jobcentre Plus local offices.

Jobseeker's Allowance datasets only cover a subset of people claiming unemployment related benefits. For data on all people claiming benefits principally for the reason of being unemployed please use the Claimant Count series.

Jobseeker's Allowance with rates and proportions

Records the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) and National Insurance credits at Jobcentre Plus local offices. This is not an official measure of unemployment, but is the only indicative statistic available for areas smaller than Local Authorities.

claimant count denominators - current residents / workforce series

An estimate of the residents / workforce used for calculating claimant count rates.

Jobseeker's Allowance by age and duration

A monthly count of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants broken down by age and the duration of claim. Totals exclude non-computerised clerical claims (approx. 1%). Available for areas smaller than Local Authorities.

Jobseeker's Allowance by age and duration with proportions

A monthly count of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants broken down by age and duration of claim together with age based proportions. Totals exclude non-computerised clerical claims (approx. 1%). Available for Local Authorities.

Jobseeker's Allowance by occupation

There is no description for this dataset.

Jobseeker's Allowance by occupation, age and duration

There is no description for this dataset.

Jobseeker's Allowance flows

A monthly count of claimants who either a) were claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (stocks) on the count date, b) ended a claim (off-flows) during the previous accounting month or c) started a new claim (on-flows) during the previous accounting month.

Jobseeker's Allowance flows - seasonally adjusted

There is no description for this dataset.

Jobseeker's Allowance flows by age and duration

A monthly count of JSA claimants who either a) ended a claim (off-flows) during the previous accounting month analysed by age and duration of their completed claims or b) started a new claim (on-flows) during the previous accounting month analysed by their age; by definition durations are not applicable to on-flows.

Jobseeker's Allowance flows by occupation

There is no description for this dataset.

Jobseeker's Allowance off-flows by occupation, age and duration

There is no description for this dataset.

Jobseeker's Allowance off-flows by reason and occupation

There is no description for this dataset.

Jobseeker's Allowance off-flows by reason, age and duration

There is no description for this dataset.

Jobseeker's Allowance on-flows by occupation and age

There is no description for this dataset.

Jobseeker's Allowance stocks and flows by ethnicity, age and duration

A monthly count of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants broken down by ethnic origin. The geographic coverage is Great Britain only and the smallest available areas are local authorities and parliamentary constituencies. Counts exclude non-computerised clerical claims (approx 1%). Latest figures are one month in arrears of the published headline claimant count figures.

Archived

claimant count - age and duration

A quartery count of claimants who were claiming Jobseeker's Allowance on the count date analysed by their age and the duration.

claimant count - occupation

A quarterly count of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants analysed by their sought and usual occupation.

claimant count - occupation, age and duration

A quarterly count of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants analysed by their sought and usual occupation, their age and the duration of their claim.

claimant count denominators - historical workforce series

A midyear estimate of the workforce (the denominator) which was used for calculating claimant count rates prior to January 2003. The estimates are broken down by sex but not age.

claimant count stocks

Claimant Count Stocks

claimant flows

A monthly count of claimants who either a) were claiming benefit (stocks, flow=1) on the count date; this count is the same as that in USJ, B) ceased to be unemployed (off-flows, flow=2) during the previous accounting month, c) became claimants (on-flows, flow=3) during the previous accounting month

registrants - age and duration

A quartery count of registrants,derived from the information recorded on EDS82A forms, analysed by their age and the duration.

registrants - age and duration

A quartery count of registrants,derived from the information recorded on EDS82A forms, analysed by their age and the duration.

registrants stocks

Registrants Stocks

registrants stocks - published

A monthly count of registrants, derived from the information recorded on EDS2 forms. This data set differs from URS in that the Careers Office registrants have been distributed among Jobcentres within each Careers Office area.