Data for people on Universal Credit is available in https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml">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">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">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">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/">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.

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">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:

• 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/">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.

This is a quarterly National Statistics release of the main DWP-administered benefits via https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml">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">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:

• Maternity Allowance</li

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">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/">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 variables were affected where the visible presence of a Universal Credit clai

The benefits statistical summary is a high level summary of the latest National Statistics on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits.

From February 2018, the main statistical release document is published on a 6 monthly basis, in February and August each year. Data is also released quarterly via Stat-Xplore, Nomis and data tables where appropriate.

More detailed information about the statistics included in the summaries can be found using https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml">Stat-Xplore and https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/">Nomis.

We made improvements to the geography information in our statistics during 2018. The changes reflect 2011 Census Output Areas and allow us to adhere to the latest geographical boundaries as defined by https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/ukgeographies/censusgeography">Office for National Statistics’ guidance.

The improvements are:

• residency based geographical breakdowns for Housing Benefits were refreshed in August and published on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml">Stat-Xplore with data from April 2018
• new geographies for most of our Legacy Benefits were refreshed in November and published on both Stat-Xplore and https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/">Nomis with data from May 2018

We have no plans to update historic series. Read the DWP statistical geographies note for more information.

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/">devolution of social security benefits to the Scottish Government is now having an impact DWP statistics.

On Stat-Xplore, we added a 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 presentational changes we have made to our statistics in response to Scottish devolution.

Housing Benefit: Hackney Borough Council data and Gloucester City Council

From September 2022 Housing Benefit data for Hackney have seen final remediation measures removed. This follows an earlier disruption in data supply and subsequent data management.

As a result of a criminal cyber-attack, Gloucester City Council is unable to supply DWP with Housing Benefit data until further notice. This has affected Housing Benefit statistics from December 2021. Data problems are unlikely to be fixed until later in 2023. Until then HB statistics that cover Gloucester will be derived from earlier data using the same approach we adopted for Hackney.

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

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 August 2022.

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.

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. Commentary on Benefit Combination statistics is now included twice a year as part of this collection. Benefit Combinations statistics are released quarterly on

This is a summary of the latest National Statistics about the benefits administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This statistical summary document is published on a 6 monthly basis in February and August each year.

Data on DWP benefits is also released quarterly through:

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

Data on Stat-Xplore

A new ward level hierarchy has been introduced to enable the creation of Ward level data. Due to the 2019 local government reorganisation, 5 new unitary authorities were created in April 2019, replacing 15 local authority districts. The new authorities are now reflected in our published figures for Housing Benefit administration from April 2019. Residency-based Housing Benefit data on Stat-Xplore will be updated to reflect the changes as part of a routine refresh in spring 2020.

Changes to UK State Pension age have meant that, after December 2018, claimants are now reaching State Pension age beyond their 65th birthday. A new age band has been introduced for ESA and JSA to show the number of claimants who are aged 65 and over.

We identified a small error in the number of Widow’s Benefit claimants on Stat-Xplore for February and May 2019. We removed the Widow’s Benefit datasets for February 2019 from Stat-Xplore and delayed the release of May 2019 Widow’s Benefit datasets. Figures for February and May 2019 have now been corrected and will be released on Stat-Xplore on 17 December 2019.

We will also introduce a new ‘65 and over’ age band for Widow’s Benefit and bereavement benefits datasets on 17 December 2019.

NOMIS datasets

We are no longer updating https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/">NOMIS datasets. May 2019 was the last release of new data via NOMIS for the datasets listed under the https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?theme=35&subgrp=-">“Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study” section. August 2019 is now the last new release of datasets under https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?theme=35&subgrp=5%25+Sample+Data">“5% Sample Data”. Existing datasets will remain on NOMIS under a “Discontinued” banner.

More information

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

On 11 April 2018 a new set of data tables (sp_5pc_nov17.ods) for State Pension caseload statistics was added to the ‘Quarterly benefits summary: November 2017 (supporting data tables)’ zip file.

The quarterly benefits summary is a high level summary of the latest National Statistics on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits and sanctions. We publish the summary in May, August, November and February. The quarterly benefits summary used to be called the quarterly statistical summary.

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

Monthly statistical summaries

The monthly statistical summaries are no longer being published. This follows a review that found there was not enough demand for these publications.

The monthly statistical summaries provided early estimates of the number of claimants on the main working-age benefits. These early estimates were then replaced by National Statistics covering the same period in the quarterly benefits summary. The National Statistics are the finalised figures. The early estimates will not be included in the quarterly benefits summaries.

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

Official statistics (experimental) on Universal Credit for England, Scotland and Wales released according to arrangements approved by the https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice">UK Statistics Authority.

Summary tables for Universal Credit statistics are available on https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/">Stat-Xplore.

The background information and methodology document has more information about the Universal Credit statistics.

From this publication of Universal Credit statistics (released on 23 February 2021), the Households series has been expanded to include information on:

• distinguishing between limited capability for work (LCW) payment element and the limited capability for work and work related activity (LCWRA) payment element

Accompanying metadata is available on Stat-Xplore for users to understand the definitions and coverage of these variables.

Within this release, supplementary data tables are available in ODS format covering:

• households on Universal Credit affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy, including the type of reduction and average amount of reduction
• whether the Local Housing Allowance covers the rent and an accompanying geographical breakdown by broad rental market area

The data for Removal of Spare Room Subsidy and Local Housing Allowance will be made available on Stat-Xplore on a future date, which will be announced on GOV.UK.

These additions to Universal Credit statistics have been made as part of the Universal Credit statistics release strategy and in response to user needs.

Non-media enquiries: team.ucos@dwp.gov.uk

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

• who have submitted a claim for Universal Credit with a personal declaration to 14 January 2021
• who have made a claim and have attended an initial interview, accepted their claimant commitment, and gone on to start Universal Credit up to 14 January 2021
• who are on Universal Credit at 14 January 2021

They also contain data for the total number of households on Universal Credit at 12 November 2020.

All data is available on Stat-Xplore.

Interactive statistics

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

View https://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=8560a06de0f2430ab71505772163e8b4">an 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">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/">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: 23 March 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.

More information

These experimental statistics contain data on:

• the number of people who made a claim or started on Universal Credit to April 2023
• the number of people who are on Universal Credit to May 2023
• the number of households who are on Universal Credit to February 2023

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

Due to a housing data supply issue, Universal Credit Household breakdowns by ‘Local Housing Allowance’ and ‘Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy’ are not available for the latest 5 months released. These will be reinstated in due course and updates will be provided via Stat-Xplore and on the GOV.UK website.

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 on 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/">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.

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

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 the DWP benefits statistics 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 August 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

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

Also published

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

• Maternity Allowance

More information

A statistical summary document is published every 6 months in February and August each year. It contains a high level summary of the latest National Statistics on DWP benefits. Commentary on Benefit Combination statistics is now included twice a year as part of this collection. Benefit Combinations statistics are released quarterly on Stat-Xplore.

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

Further information about this release can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/c

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

• who have submitted a claim for Universal Credit with a personal declaration to 14 October 2021
• who have made a claim and have attended an initial interview, accepted their claimant commitment, and gone on to start Universal Credit up to 14 October 2021
• who are on Universal Credit at 14 October 2021

They also contain data for the total number of households on Universal Credit at 12 August 2021.

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">regional interactive map.

Due to a technical issue, the interactive map which shows https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/de139345fc5e4938a8157c7ba77037cf">statistics on households on Universal Credit at local authority level is currently unavailable. The most recent data for households on Universal Credit up to August 2021 can be obtained via https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/openinfopage?id=UC_Households">Stat-Xplore.

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

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.

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

Maternity Allowance statistics

Maternity Allowance statistics for May 2022 have not been published as planned.

Following a data production error, figures are not available, and we have been unable to produce any estimates for this quarter. We regret that the loss of Maternity Allowance data for May 2022 will represent a permanent gap in the statistical series.

Maternity Allowance statistics for August 2022 will be released as normal at 9:30am on 14 February 2023.

Email benefits.statistics@dwp.gov.uk if you have any concerns relating to the loss of these statistics.

Scottish devolution: changes to the presentation of DWP statistics

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

On Stat-Xplore, we added a 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 presentational changes we have made to our statistics in response to Scottish devolution.

Housing Benefit: Hackney Borough Council data and Gloucester City Council

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.

Hackney Borough Council have now resumed the supply of Housing Benefit data to DWP. Data from August 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.

A similar interruption has occurred at Gloucester City Council. As a result of a criminal cyber-attack, Gloucester City Council is unable to supply DWP with Housing Benefit data until further notice. This has affected Housing Benefit statistics from December 2021. Data problems are unlikely to be fixed until 2023. Until then HB statistics that cover Gloucester will be derived from earlier data using the same approach we adopted for Hackney.

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

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 May 2022.

For these reasons, a

These experimental statistics contain data for the total number of people who are on Universal Credit on 9 June 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/">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 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/">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 monthly experimental statistics include the total number of people:

• who have made a claim for Universal Credit to 12 September 2019
• who have made a claim and have attended an initial interview, accepted their claimant commitment, and gone on to start Universal Credit up to 12 September 2019
• who are on Universal Credit at 12 September 2019

The statistics are broken down by:

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

Interactive statistics

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

View anhttp://dwp-stats.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=f90fb305d8da4eb3970812b3199cf489"> interactive map with statistics on Universal Credit claimants at Jobcentre Plus office level.

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

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

More information

Statistics on People on Universal Credit are published monthly. Data for People on Universal Credit is also available in Stat-Xplore. Supplementary information is provided in ODS tables.

Statistics on People and Households on Universal Credit, as well as Starts and Claims to Universal Credit, are published quarterly. The next quarterly release of these statistics will be on 12 November 2019.

Read the background information and methodology note for more information about the Universal Credit statistics.