PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Security Benefits (2 July 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) housing benefit and (e) universal credit.

Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)

Information on how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), (b) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), (c) Income Support (IS), (d) Housing Benefit (HB) and (e) Universal Credit (UC) is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Statistics on the number of JSA claimants who started a new claim in April 2014 can be found at:

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

Guidance for users can be found at:

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp

Statistics on the number of ESA and IS claimants who started a new claim, by the number of previous claims on this benefit, up to and including November 2013 can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

Statistics covering the period March 2014 to May 2014 are due to be published on 12 November 2014

Statistics on the number of Universal Credit (UC) claimants who started a new claim up to and including March 2014 can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics

Statistics for April 2014 are due to be published on 16 July 2014

Answered by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
7 July 2014