Claimant count data by UK country, English region and month (seasonally adjusted)

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Data valuesData descriptionDateGeographySex
1,682,870 [p]LevelNovember 2025United KingdomPersons
942,274 [p]LevelNovember 2025United KingdomMales
740,596 [p]LevelNovember 2025United KingdomFemales
1,477,761 [p]LevelNovember 2025EnglandPersons
823,712 [p]LevelNovember 2025EnglandMales
654,049 [p]LevelNovember 2025EnglandFemales
62,228 [p]LevelNovember 2025North EastPersons
37,047 [p]LevelNovember 2025North EastMales
25,181 [p]LevelNovember 2025North EastFemales
198,679 [p]LevelNovember 2025North WestPersons
116,153 [p]LevelNovember 2025North WestMales
82,526 [p]LevelNovember 2025North WestFemales
142,406 [p]LevelNovember 2025Yorkshire and the HumberPersons
81,897 [p]LevelNovember 2025Yorkshire and the HumberMales
60,509 [p]LevelNovember 2025Yorkshire and the HumberFemales
109,321 [p]LevelNovember 2025East MidlandsPersons
61,073 [p]LevelNovember 2025East MidlandsMales
48,248 [p]LevelNovember 2025East MidlandsFemales
200,610 [p]LevelNovember 2025West MidlandsPersons
113,924 [p]LevelNovember 2025West MidlandsMales
86,686 [p]LevelNovember 2025West MidlandsFemales
130,312 [p]LevelNovember 2025EastPersons
70,775 [p]LevelNovember 2025EastMales
59,537 [p]LevelNovember 2025EastFemales
351,826 [p]LevelNovember 2025LondonPersons
186,671 [p]LevelNovember 2025LondonMales
165,155 [p]LevelNovember 2025LondonFemales
184,227 [p]LevelNovember 2025South EastPersons
101,766 [p]LevelNovember 2025South EastMales
82,461 [p]LevelNovember 2025South EastFemales
98,152 [p]LevelNovember 2025South WestPersons
54,406 [p]LevelNovember 2025South WestMales
43,746 [p]LevelNovember 2025South WestFemales
63,692 [p]LevelNovember 2025WalesPersons
36,564 [p]LevelNovember 2025WalesMales
27,128 [p]LevelNovember 2025WalesFemales
104,607 [p]LevelNovember 2025ScotlandPersons
62,080 [p]LevelNovember 2025ScotlandMales
42,527 [p]LevelNovember 2025ScotlandFemales
36,810 [p]LevelNovember 2025Northern IrelandPersons
19,918 [p]LevelNovember 2025Northern IrelandMales
16,892 [p]LevelNovember 2025Northern IrelandFemales
1,662,796 [r]LevelOctober 2025United KingdomPersons
928,867 [r]LevelOctober 2025United KingdomMales
733,929 [r]LevelOctober 2025United KingdomFemales
1,460,640 [r]LevelOctober 2025EnglandPersons
812,165 [r]LevelOctober 2025EnglandMales
648,475 [r]LevelOctober 2025EnglandFemales
61,708 [r]LevelOctober 2025North EastPersons
36,642 [r]LevelOctober 2025North EastMales
25,066 [r]LevelOctober 2025North EastFemales
196,001 [r]LevelOctober 2025North WestPersons
114,445 [r]LevelOctober 2025North WestMales
81,556 [r]LevelOctober 2025North WestFemales
141,309 [r]LevelOctober 2025Yorkshire and the HumberPersons
81,418 [r]LevelOctober 2025Yorkshire and the HumberMales
59,891 [r]LevelOctober 2025Yorkshire and the HumberFemales
107,779 [r]LevelOctober 2025East MidlandsPersons
60,076 [r]LevelOctober 2025East MidlandsMales
47,703 [r]LevelOctober 2025East MidlandsFemales
198,794 [r]LevelOctober 2025West MidlandsPersons
112,432 [r]LevelOctober 2025West MidlandsMales
86,362 [r]LevelOctober 2025West MidlandsFemales
128,454 [r]LevelOctober 2025EastPersons
69,582 [r]LevelOctober 2025EastMales
58,872 [r]LevelOctober 2025EastFemales
348,709 [r]LevelOctober 2025LondonPersons
184,331 [r]LevelOctober 2025LondonMales
164,378 [r]LevelOctober 2025LondonFemales
181,131 [r]LevelOctober 2025South EastPersons
99,690 [r]LevelOctober 2025South EastMales
81,441 [r]LevelOctober 2025South EastFemales
96,755 [r]LevelOctober 2025South WestPersons
53,549 [r]LevelOctober 2025South WestMales
43,206 [r]LevelOctober 2025South WestFemales
63,256 [r]LevelOctober 2025WalesPersons
36,147 [r]LevelOctober 2025WalesMales
27,109 [r]LevelOctober 2025WalesFemales
103,034 [r]LevelOctober 2025ScotlandPersons
61,269 [r]LevelOctober 2025ScotlandMales
41,765 [r]LevelOctober 2025ScotlandFemales
35,866 [r]LevelOctober 2025Northern IrelandPersons
19,286 [r]LevelOctober 2025Northern IrelandMales
16,580 [r]LevelOctober 2025Northern IrelandFemales
1,666,710LevelSeptember 2025United KingdomPersons
930,408LevelSeptember 2025United KingdomMales
736,302LevelSeptember 2025United KingdomFemales
1,464,441LevelSeptember 2025EnglandPersons
813,541LevelSeptember 2025EnglandMales
650,900LevelSeptember 2025EnglandFemales
61,898LevelSeptember 2025North EastPersons
36,690LevelSeptember 2025North EastMales
25,208LevelSeptember 2025North EastFemales
196,070LevelSeptember 2025North WestPersons
114,342LevelSeptember 2025North WestMales
81,728LevelSeptember 2025North WestFemales
141,712LevelSeptember 2025Yorkshire and the HumberPersons
81,811LevelSeptember 2025Yorkshire and the HumberMales
59,901LevelSeptember 2025Yorkshire and the HumberFemales
108,043LevelSeptember 2025East MidlandsPersons
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Next update expected:22 January 2026

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Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics in development
Data provider
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Data source
Jobcentre Plus administrative system

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

The headline measure of the claimant count has been changed to include some claimants of Universal Credit (UC) as well as Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants, resulting in upward revisions to the claimant count back to May 2013. Previously the headline measure did not include UC claimants.

The claimant count measures the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits. Between October 1996 and April 2013, the only unemployment related benefit in the UK was JSA and the claimant count was therefore a count of the number of people claiming JSA.

There have been revisions to the claimant count back to January 2012, resulting from the annual review of the seasonal adjustment process, and revisions to national and regional claimant count rates back to 2001, resulting from updating the denominators to take account of the latest estimates of Workforce Jobs. There have been further revisions to the claimant count back to May 2013 resulting from incorporating estimates of Universal Credit.

Data collection or calculation

The data are published monthly and are seasonally adjusted. Rates given in this dataset are workplace based estimates.

Statistical quality

There are two standard measures of unemployment used in official UK statistics the UK, namely the experimental claimant count and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) unemployment measure. The measures are different and are each subject to advantages and disadvantages. The former is a count of all persons claiming jobseeker’s allowance and out of work universal credit claimants. As such it is not subject to sampling variability and can therefore be disaggregated to very high levels of detail. However, it excludes those who are unemployed who are not eligible to claim (for example those out of work but whose partner works), and those who do not wish to claim.

The ILO measure, which is a count of those who are out of work and want a job, have actively sought work in the last 4 weeks and are available to start work in the next two weeks; plus those who are out of work, have found a job and are waiting to start in the next 2 weeks, is a more encompassing measure of unemployment.

However, as the data come from a survey, the results are sample-based estimates and therefore subject to differing degrees of sampling variability, i.e. the true value for any measure lies in a differing range about the estimated value. This range or sampling variability increases as the detail in the data increases, for example local authority data are subject to higher variability than Wales data.

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Welsh Government
Contact email
labourmarket.stats@gov.wales

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