The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publishes details of all departmental spending over £25,000 on a monthly basis.

This data is also available on data.gov.uk:

• https://data.gov.uk/dataset/financial-transactions-data-dwp" class="govuk-link">DWP spending over £25,000

This is a quarterly National Statistics release of the main DWP-administered benefits via Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables where appropriate.

Scottish devolution: changes to the presentation of DWP statistics

The https://www.gov.scot/publications/responsibility-for-benefits-overview/" class="govuk-link">devolution of social security benefits to the Scottish Government is now having an impact DWP statistics.

On Stat-Xplore, we added a split to Disability Living Allowance (DLA) geography fields to provide breakdowns based on policy ownership. Users of these statistics should make data selections based on these policy ownership lines.

Statistics showing the number of applications and awards to the new Child Disability Payment have been released by the Scottish government. Similar statistics for Adult Disability Payment covering its initial roll out phase are also available.

Please refer to our background information note for more information on presentational changes we have made to our statistics in response to Scottish devolution.

Housing Benefit: Gloucester City Council

As a result of a criminal cyber-attack, Gloucester City Council is unable to supply DWP with Housing Benefit (HB) data until further notice. This has affected Housing Benefit statistics from December 2021. Data problems are unlikely to be fixed for the foreseeable future. Until then, HB statistics that cover Gloucester will be derived from earlier data using the same approach we previously adopted for Hackney Borough Council.

Please refer to the background information note for more information on how we have managed these interruptions and the impacts to our statistics.

State Pension

During 2019, a new DWP computer system called “Get Your State Pension” (GYSP) came online to handle State Pension claims. The GYSP system is now handling a sizeable proportion of new claims.

We are not yet able to include GYSP system data in our published statistics for State Pension. The number of GYSP cases are too high to allow us to continue to publish State Pension data on Stat-Xplore. In the short term, we will provide GYSP estimates based on payment systems data. As a temporary measure, State Pension statistics will be published via data tables only. The latest release contains State Pensions estimates for the quarters to November 2022.

A biannual release of supplementary tables to show State Pension deferment increments and proportions of beneficiaries receiving a full amount has been suspended. This release is normally based on a 5% sample of the legacy computer system. Given the absence of GYSP data, the figures are affected by the same issues as described above. The latest available time period for these figures remains September 2020.

We are developing new statistical datasets to properly represent both computer systems. Once we have quality assured the new data it will be published on Stat-Xplore, including a refresh of historical data using the best data available.

For more information, see the background information note.

More information

A statistical summary document is published every six months in February and August each year. It contains a high-level summary of the latest National Statistics on DWP benefits. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics

This is a quarterly National Statistics release of the main DWP-administered benefits via Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables where appropriate.

August 2022 release of IIDB statistics

Some anomalies in the “Assessments in Payment” dataset have been identified within the latest Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) release – a data deficiency is causing issues with the number of “unknown” cases for average values in the latest data. As a result, the measure “Weekly Amount (mean)” and field “Average weekly amount (bands)” on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore (released on 16 August 2022) will be temporarily suspended.

The issue is currently being investigated and we will update users when new figures are released. The remainder of IIDB statistics on Stat-Xplore have not been impacted and will remain available.

Impact of Scottish devolution: changes to the presentation of statistics

The https://www.gov.scot/publications/responsibility-for-benefits-overview/" class="govuk-link">devolution of social security benefits to the Scottish Government is beginning to impact DWP statistics, where benefit administration is moving from DWP to the Scottish Government. As this change takes place, for a transitional period, Social Security Scotland will administer new claims and DWP will continue to administer existing claims under an agency agreement. DWP will no longer hold a complete count of the number of claimants across Great Britain.

Our DWP benefit statistics statistical summaries will now focus on DLA and PIP claims where policy ownership has been retained by DWP. Figures, charts and narratives will primarily reflect England, Wales and any unknown or abroad claims. The residual count of DLA claims in Scotland will be provided for information only.

To reflect these changes, on Stat-Xplore we have added a new split to DLA geography fields to provide breakdowns based on policy ownership. Users of these statistics should make data selections based on these policy ownership lines.

Statistics showing the number of applications and awards to the new Child Disability Payment have been released by Scottish Government. Similar statistics for Adult Disability Payment covering its initial roll out phase are also available.

Please refer to our background information note for more information on Scottish devolution.

Housing Benefit (HB) dataset: revision to previously published figures

We have introduced methodological changes in how some of our HB statistics are categorised, and some outcomes have changed in our published statistics.

Please note, at August 2022 changes were made to the following fields, with new revised data presented from April 2018:

• Passported Benefit Status
• Employment Status
• Removal of Spare Room Subsidy – Spare Room Subsidy Indicator
• Removal of Spare Room Subsidy – Number of Spare Rooms
• Removal of Spare Room Subsidy – Weekly Spare Room Reduction Amount bands
• Age

• Client Type

• Gender

Following a policy change, we recently discovered that the passporting indicator on Housing Benefit statistics had been incorrectly recording outcomes for a section of claimants who receive Housing Benefit and Universal Credit at the same time. The correct outcome should have been “Passported: In receipt of Universal Credit.”

We have now fixed this issue, but in doing so, other v

The percentage of invoices paid by DWP within 5 days and within 30 days of receipt.

This is a quarterly National Statistics release of the main DWP-administered benefits via https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables where appropriate.

The statistical summary and Benefit Combinations documents are published on a 6-monthly basis in February and August each year. They contain a summary of the latest National Statistics on DWP benefits.

State Pension

During 2019, a new DWP computer system called “Get Your State Pension” (GYSP) came online to handle State Pension claims. The GYSP system is now handling a sizeable proportion of new claims.

We are not yet able to include GYSP system data in our published statistics for State Pension. The number of GYSP cases are too high to allow us to continue to publish State Pension data on Stat-Xplore. In the short term, we will provide GYSP estimates based on payment systems data. As a temporary measure, State Pension statistics will be published via data tables only. This release contains State Pensions estimates for the three quarters to May 2021.

For these reasons, a biannual release of supplementary tables to show State Pension deferment increments and proportions of beneficiaries receiving a full amount has been suspended. The latest available time period for these figures remains September 2020.

We are developing new statistical datasets to properly represent both computer systems. Once we have quality assured the new data it will be published on Stat-Xplore, including a refresh of historical data using the best data available.

Read our background information note for more information about this.

Housing Benefit: Hackney Borough Council data

Housing benefit data covering the periods November 2020 to July 2021 was affected by an interruption in the supply of data from Hackney Borough council. Please refer to our background information note for more information on the impacts to our statistics and how we have managed this interruption.

Hackney Borough Council have now resumed the supply of Housing Benefit data to DWP. Data for November 2021 is based on their most recent return. However, it should be noted that recovery work in Hackney is still ongoing, and therefore the statistics for this period are presented as a best available estimate.

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit statistics

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) statistics are now released on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore only. IIDB statistics on Stat-Xplore cover from March 2017 onwards. Read further guidance about this change and previously published ODS tables.

Please note that due to a production error we temporarily withdrew the figures from April 2021 onwards showing the number of awards for the Pneumoconiosis (Workers’ Compensation) Act 1979 and 2008 Mesothelioma Schemes. The headline figures for April to September 2021 were initially only made available in temporary data tables as part of this release of DWP benefits statistics.

The error which affected data from April 2021 has now been identified and the corrected figures are now available on Stat-Xplore.

Also published

Also published as part of this release as data tables are statistics on:

• <a hre

These experimental statistics contain data for the total number of people who are on Universal Credit on 8 September 2022

Read the background information and methodology note for guidance on these statistics, such as timeliness, uses, and procedures.

Interactive tools

Software used for the interactive maps is no longer supported. These showed households on Universal Credit at the local authority level and people on Universal Credit at Jobcentre Plus level. The interactive maps have therefore been withdrawn and a replacement is currently under development. Once completed and launched, the interactive tool, Examine-a-Stat, will have improved functionality, including interactive maps, to better meet a wider range of user needs. It will be available in due course and the statistics are currently accessible on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore.

Pre-release access

In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24-hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We publish the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to 24-hour pre-release access to the latest Universal Credit statistics.

These experimental statistics contain data for the total number of people who are on Universal Credit up to 10 February 2022.

Read the background information and methodology note for guidance on these statistics, such as timeliness, uses, and procedures.

Interactive tools

View statistics on the Universal Credit claimants at Jobcentre Plus office level on a https://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f90fb305d8da4eb3970812b3199cf489" class="govuk-link">regional interactive map.

Pre-release access

In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24-hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We publish the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to 24-hour pre-release access to the latest Universal Credit statistics.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is seeking your views about the abstract of statistics publication. To help shape future releases we would very much like to learn more about how the release is being used, and how easy it is to find the information you need.

We’re also asking for feedback on the suitability of sources used in relation to inflation and earnings. Your response to the questionnaire will help us understand the way our statistics are used and what users consider important.

Return your completed questionnaire to benefits.statistics@dwp.gov.uk, or if you would prefer to talk to the lead statistician for the series, telephone: Alan Gibson: 0204 560 5899.

This publication records the number of complaints received:

• by the DWP
• about DWP by the Independent Case Examiner (ICE)

Data on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits is released quarterly through:

• https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore
• https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" class="govuk-link">NOMIS
• data tables

A statistical summary document is published on a 6 monthly basis in February and August each year. It contains a high level summary of the latest National Statistics on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits.

Data on Stat-Xplore

The data on Stat-Xplore has been extended to include Jobseeker’s Allowance, Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance, and a timeseries for Income Support from August 1999.

Due to the improvements made to Stat-Xplore, May 2019 will be the last time NOMIS is updated for the datasets listed under “Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study” and August 2019 will be the last update of the “5% Sample Data”. We will remove both products from NOMIS from November 2019. Please contact alan.gibson@dwp.gov.uk if you have any comments about this.

Find further information about the statistics, including details on changes and revisions, in the background and methodology documents.

These official statistics contain data on:

• the number of people who made a claim or started on Universal Credit to January 2025
• the number of people who are on Universal Credit to February 2025
• the number of households who are on Universal Credit to November 2024

Further information

See the background information and methodology note for guidance on these statistics, such as timeliness, uses, and procedures. Universal Credit claims and starts breakdowns by postcode are no longer available from April 2022 onwards, due to missing geography data. The missing information has been captured and action is being taken to reinstate these breakdowns in future releases. Updates will be provided via Stat-Xplore and the GOV.UK website.

Interactive tools

Software used for the interactive maps is no longer supported. These showed households on Universal Credit at the local authority level and people on Universal Credit at Jobcentre Plus level.

The interactive maps have therefore been withdrawn and a replacement is currently under development. Once completed and launched, the interactive tool (called Examine-a-Stat) will have improved functionality, including interactive maps, to better meet a wider range of user needs. It will be available in due course and the statistics are currently accessible on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore.

Pre-release access

In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24-hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We publish the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to 24-hour pre-release access to the latest Universal Credit statistics.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Child Maintenance Group (CMG) publishes details of all spending over £500 using an electronic purchasing card solution (ePCS) on a monthly basis. The ePCS replaced the government procurement card (GPC).

This data is also available on data.gov.uk:

• https://data.gov.uk/dataset/c94529c9-2a1a-469d-a88a-1d52de05484f/dwp-government-procurement-card-payments" class="govuk-link">DWP and CMG ePCS transactions

The DWP statistical summaries collection page has more information about the summaries.

There is contact information and more about DWP statistics on the Statistics at DWP page.

Data for people on Universal Credit is available in https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore on a monthly basis.

These monthly experimental statistics include the total number of people who are on Universal Credit at 11 March 2021.

The statistics are broken down by:

• Jobcentre Plus office
• age
• employment status
• conditionality regime
• duration

Background information

Read the background information and methodology note for guidance on these statistics, such as timeliness, uses, and procedures.

Interactive statistics

View https://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f90fb305d8da4eb3970812b3199cf489" class="govuk-link">statistics on the Universal Credit claimants at Jobcentre Plus office level on a regional interactive map.

View a https://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=8560a06de0f2430ab71505772163e8b4" class="govuk-link">regional interactive map which shows statistics on households on Universal Credit at Local Authority level.

View https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/metadata/dashboards/uch/index.html" class="govuk-link">an interactive dashboard of the latest Universal Credit household statistics by region.

Find further breakdowns of these statistics on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics.

Next releases

People on Universal Credit statistics are released monthly.
Next release: 18 May 2021.

Households on Universal Credit statistics, and claims and starts for Universal Credit are released quarterly.
Next quarterly release: 18 May 2021.

Pre-release access

In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24-hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We publish the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to 24-hour pre-release access to the latest Universal Credit statistics.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publishes details about headcount and payroll costs for permanent staff and contractors on a monthly basis.

These experimental statistics contain data for the total number of people who:

• have submitted a claim for Universal Credit with a personal declaration to start up to 11 August 2022
• have made a claim and have attended an initial interview, accepted their claimant commitment, and gone on to start Universal Credit up to 11 August 2022
• are on Universal Credit on 11 August 2022

Read the background information and methodology note for guidance on these statistics, such as timeliness, uses of the statistics and procedures.

Interactive tools

Software used for the interactive maps is no longer supported. These showed households on Universal Credit at the local authority level and people on Universal Credit at Jobcentre Plus level. The interactive maps have therefore been withdrawn and a replacement is currently under development. Once completed and launched, the interactive tool, Examine-a-Stat, will have improved functionality, including interactive maps, to better meet a wider range of user needs. It will be available in due course and the statistics are currently accessible on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Stat-Xplore.

Pre-release access

In addition to staff who are responsible for the production and quality assurance of the statistics, up to 24-hour pre-release access is provided to ministers and other officials. We publish the job titles and organisations of the people who have been granted up to 24-hour pre-release access to the latest Universal Credit statistics.

DWP maintains a register of the private interests held by members of its board.

The purpose of the register is to give board members the mechanism to publicly declare any private interests which may conflict, or may be perceived to conflict, with their public duties.

This document is a record of the private interests declared by the DWP board members for the period April 2023 to March 2024.

This publication records the number of complaints received:

• by the DWP
• about DWP by the Independent Case Examiner (ICE)