Annex 4: Statistics and transparency

The datasets listed here were found by searching the GOV.UK website. The list is likely incomplete, but included in case it is a useful starting point for others.

  • Benefit Cap Statistics - ad hoc publication of data about households affected by the benefit cap. Includes breakdown by location, number of new caps and family circumstances,1
  •  Claimant Count  - actually a subset of claimants who are required to seek work 2
  •  Alternative Claimant Count  - the number of claimants by type, age, gender and location3
  •  Work Programme National Statistics  - numbers of participants in the Work Programme and its success in helping them into work4
  •  Households of Universal Credit Dashboard 5
  •  Universal Credit statistics  - monthly publication of data including number of claimants, number of households, number of applications, breakdown by gender, breakdown by work group, breakdown by region, average payment amounts, percentage of households receiving direct payment of housing costs and timeliness of payments6
  •  Benefit Sanctions Statistics (experimental)  - ad hoc publication of data about sanctions for claimants of Universal Credit and other benefits. Includes length of sanction, total number by month, duration, breakdown by the reason for the sanction, breakdown of decision type, percentage of sanctions that are appealed.78
  •  Universal Credit Statistical Ad Hoc: Payment Advances 9
  • Universal Credit Full Service Survey10

  1. Department for Work and Pensions, “Benefit cap statistics”, GOV.UK, 10th October 2013, https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics, retrieved 23rd October 2019 ↩

  2. Office for National Statistics, “Claimant Count - Data Sources”, Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics, , https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/cc, retrieved 23rd October 2019 ↩

  3. Department for Work and Pensions, “Alternative Claimant Count statistics”, GOV.UK, 22nd January 2019, https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/alternative-claimant-count-statistics, retrieved 23 October 2019 ↩

  4. Department for Work and Pensions, “Work Programme statistics”, GOV.UK, 26th September 2013, https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/work-programme-statistics–2, retrieved 23rd October 2019 ↩

  5. Department for Work and Pensions, “Households on Universal Credit Dashboard”, StatXplore, https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/dashboards/uch/index.html, retrieved 23rd October 2019 ↩

  6. Department for Work and Pensions, “Universal Credit statistics”, GOV.UK, , https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics, retrieved 23 October 2019 ↩

  7. Department for Work and Pensions, “Benefit sanctions statistics”, GOV.UK, , https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions, retrieved 23 October 2019 ↩

  8. Department for Work and Pensions, “Universal Credit Sanctions - Experimental Official Statistics”, August 2019, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/824602/universal-credit-sanctions-statistics-background-information-and-methodology.pdf, retrieved 23rd October 2019 ↩

  9. Department for Work and Pensions, “Universal Credit Statistical Ad Hoc: Payment Advances”, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/648831/universal-credit-payment-advances-statistical-ad-hoc.pdf, retrieved 23rd October 2019 ↩

  10. Department for Work and Pensions, “Universal Credit full service claimant survey”, GOV.UK, 8th June 2018, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-full-service-claimant-survey ↩