DWP benefits statistics: February 2021
Statistics on DWP-administered benefits.
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The latest release of these statistics can be found in the benefit statistics collection.
The 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.
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” came online to handle new State Pension claims. The number of State Pension claims being handled by the new system has been gradually building up, and at August 2020 there were approximately 760 cases in payment on the new system. We are working to develop new statistical datasets that will enable us to include these cases in our published statistics in the future. In due course we will announce further plans for their inclusion.
Further information can be found on the DWP benefits statistics collection page and in the “Welfare and Benefits” community on StatsUserNet.
Email stats-consultation@dwp.gov.uk if you have any comments or questions.
Also published
Also published as part of this release as data tables are statistics on:
More information
Find further information about the statistics, including details on changes and revisions, in the background and methodology documents.