DWP benefits statistics: February 2025
Accredited Official Statistics and Official Statistics release of the main DWP administered benefits through Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables where appropriate.
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This is a quarterly Accredited Official Statistics and Official Statistics release of the main DWP-administered benefits via Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables where appropriate.
Statistics on Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit are also published as part of this release.
Statistics on Maternity Allowance are suspended from the August 2024 release.
Scottish devolution: changes to the presentation of DWP statistics
The devolution of social security benefits to the Scottish Government is now having an impact on DWP statistics.
Refer to our background information note for more information on presentational changes we have made to our statistics in response to Scottish devolution.
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 Accredited Official Statistics and Official Statistics on DWP benefits.
Commentary on Benefit Combination statistics is now included twice a year as part of the February and August releases. Benefit Combinations statistics are also released quarterly on Stat-Xplore.
Find further information about the publication and statistics, including details on changes and revisions, in the background and methodology documents.
Further information about this release can be found on the DWP benefits statistics collection page and in the ‘Welfare, Wellbeing and Housing’ community on StatsUserNet.
If you have any comments or questions, get in touch by email at: benefits.statistics@dwp.gov.uk
Updates to this page
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Updated 'Out of Work, Working Age, DWP Benefit Claimants, Great Britain, February 2013 to August 2024' chart in 'Benefit Combinations: Official Statistics to August 2024'.
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First published.