DWP benefits statistics: November 2019
Statistics on DWP-administered benefits.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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The latest release of these statistics can be found in the benefit statistics collection.
National Statistics release of the main DWP-administered benefits via Stat-Xplore or supplementary tables where appropriate.
Data on DWP benefits is also released quarterly through:
- Stat-Xplore
- 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.
During the quality assurance of Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) experimental official statistics, DWP statisticians have identified an issue with claims in payment figures. The data tables have been removed from the May and August 2019 publications. Tables 2-7 have been removed from the November 2019 publication. Table 1 is still available in the November publication onwards. 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.
Data on Stat-Xplore
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.
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 NOMIS datasets. May 2019 was the last release of new data via NOMIS for the datasets listed under the “Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study” section. August 2019 was the last new release of datasets under “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.
Updates to this page
Last updated 17 January 2020 + show all updates
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Replaced the Bereavement Support Payment data tables while the data is being corrected. Added an explanation to the page detail.
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Added note to explain that corrected figures for the number of Widow's Benefit claimants for February and May 2019 will be released on Stat-Xplore on 17 December 2019.
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Revised Bereavement Support Payment data tables -- the date range has been corrected to 'April 2017 to June 2019', instead of 'April 2017 to March 2019' as originally published. Please note, no changes to the data have been made.
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First published.