In 2023/24, 57 percent of households in Northern Ireland were receiving a type of state benefit, the highest in the United Kingdom in that reporting year. By comparison, 39 percent of households in London were receiving benefits, the lowest in the UK.

As of January 2025, there were estimated to be approximately 7.4 million people on Universal Credit in Great Britain, of which over 1.12 million were aged between 35 and 39, the highest of the provided age groups.

Approximately **** million people claimed unemployment benefits in the United Kingdom in the third quarter of 2025, one of the lowest claimant counts since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns played havoc with the UK economy, leading to the sharp rise in jobless claims seen here in the second quarter of 2020.

Age-standardised percentages of people who received a social security benefit by health conditions and sociodemographic characteristics, using linked 2011 Census, primary care and benefits data. Experimental Statistics.

As of April 2025, there were over 7.7 million people on Universal Credit in Great Britain, compared with almost 6.7 million a year earlier.

The number of unemployed people who have been claiming benefit continuously for more than 12 months divided by the total number of unemployed people claiming benefits, expressed as a percentage. Claimant count, age and duration data are based on computerised claims. Therefore while total unemployed claimants is available including clerical claims, for the purpose of this calculation both the numerator and denominator are restricted to computerised claims. To monitor the policy aim of tackling unemployment, focusing on long term unemployment. The indicator is based on the claimant count, which includes the number of people who are claiming Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) or National Insurance Credits. Unemployment is a significant risk factor for poor physical and mental health and therefore a major determinant of health inequalities. It is associated with morbidity, injuries, and premature mortality, especially through increased risk of coronary heart disease. It is also related to depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide. In addition, unemployment reinforces inequalities in health by social class. Legacy unique identifier: P01081

This is the proportion of all households that are in receipt of housing benefit. Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this data which guards against the identification of an individual claimant. 0 or 0.00 denotes a nil or negligible number of claimants or award amount, based on 4 or fewer claimants. Household: a single person, or a group of people living at the same address who have the address as their only or main residence and either share one main meal a day or share living accommodation (or both).Figures are based on the claimant's place of residence. Claimants registered as living abroad or where the location is unknown are excluded. Housing Benefit claimant statistics are derived from the Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE), as at the second Thursday of each month. SHBE is compiled from monthly returns of housing benefit and council tax benefit claimants from each individual local authority. Recording and clerical errors can occur within SHBE - for this reason, no reliance should be placed on very small numbers obtained through Stat-Xplore.Data is Powered by LG Inform Plus and automatically checked for new data on the 3rd of each month.

Percentage of people claiming key benefits as a proportion of the working age population. The information is derived from count data which are already held on the Neighbourhood Statistics website: Working Age Client Group (August 2004) provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Mid-2004 small area population estimates data provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data includes breakdowns by statistical group, gender and 3 bands of age (16-24, 25-49 and 50 and over). The small area population estimates used to derived the percentages are also included in the dataset. Source: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Publisher: Neighbourhood Statistics Geographies: Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National Geographic coverage: England and Wales Time coverage: 2001 to 2007 Type of data: Administrative data

This indicator measures the percentage of the working age population who are claiming out of work benefits. Working age benefits include the main out-of-work client group categories (unemployed people on Jobseekers Allowance, Lone Parents on Income Support, Incapacity Benefits customers, and others on income-related benefits with the exception of carers who are not subject to activation policies in the same way as other groups). The working age population is defined as the sum of females aged 16-59 plus males aged 16-64. Data are presented as a rolling average of 4 quarters to account for seasonal variation.

39.8% of workers from the Indian ethnic group were in 'professional' jobs in 2021 – the highest percentage out of all ethnic groups in this role.

Fuel poverty is the requirement to spend 10% or more of household income to maintain an adequate level or warmth. The energy efficiency of a house can be measured using the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). The procedure calculates a number between 1 and 100, low numbers generally indicates a house that has low levels of insulation and an inefficient heating system where as numbers closer to 100 indicate a very energy efficient house. SAP is the Government's recommended system for energy rating of dwellings. SAP is being used as a proxy for fuel poverty in households of people claiming income based benefits, given the link between income poverty and fuel poverty.

As of the first quarter of 2025, there were estimated to be approximately 7.4 million people on Universal Credit in Great Britain, of which 4.31 million were women, and 3.1 million were men.

Legacy unique identifier: P01045

The number of people claiming key benefits (JSA, IB, SDA, IS) as a percentage of the population of working age. Please note that although people can claim more than one benefit, these data have been modified to count each person only once, therefore they are a measure of the number of people claiming key benefits. This indicator measures the number of people who are claiming any of the following benefits: Job Seekers Allowance (JSA), Incapacity Benefit (IB), Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) or Income Support (IS). Benefit claims are often used as a proxy measure to identify those on the lowest incomes, as reliable measures of income are not available in this country. The level of income has been found to be correlated with a wide range of health indicators and is therefore an important determinant of health. Improvements in income result in improvements in living standards and are clearly associated with improvements in health. This indicator has been discontinued and so there will be no further updates. Legacy unique identifier: P01085

The number of people claiming council tax benefit as a percentage of the number of households. Council Tax Benefit is an income-related benefit administered by Local Authorities. Council Tax Benefit is designed to help people on low-incomes pay their Council Tax. The level of income has been found to be correlated with a wide range of health indicators and is therefore an important determinant of health. Improvements in income results in improvements in living standards and are clearly associated with improvements in health. Benefit claims are often used as a proxy measure to identify those on the lowest incomes as reliable measures of income are not available in this country. Legacy unique identifier: P01084

Between 2019 and 2023, people living in households in the Asian and ‘Other’ ethnic groups were most likely to be in persistent low income before and after housing costs