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

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Data valuesData descriptionDateGeographySex
1,550,014LevelJanuary 2013United KingdomPersons
1,014,213LevelJanuary 2013United KingdomMales
535,801LevelJanuary 2013United KingdomFemales
1,268,680LevelJanuary 2013EnglandPersons
821,691LevelJanuary 2013EnglandMales
446,989LevelJanuary 2013EnglandFemales
93,525LevelJanuary 2013North EastPersons
62,975LevelJanuary 2013North EastMales
30,550LevelJanuary 2013North EastFemales
195,836LevelJanuary 2013North WestPersons
131,381LevelJanuary 2013North WestMales
64,455LevelJanuary 2013North WestFemales
161,861LevelJanuary 2013Yorkshire and the HumberPersons
107,836LevelJanuary 2013Yorkshire and the HumberMales
54,025LevelJanuary 2013Yorkshire and the HumberFemales
104,931LevelJanuary 2013East MidlandsPersons
68,194LevelJanuary 2013East MidlandsMales
36,737LevelJanuary 2013East MidlandsFemales
160,475LevelJanuary 2013West MidlandsPersons
104,570LevelJanuary 2013West MidlandsMales
55,905LevelJanuary 2013West MidlandsFemales
111,856LevelJanuary 2013EastPersons
71,521LevelJanuary 2013EastMales
40,335LevelJanuary 2013EastFemales
221,834LevelJanuary 2013LondonPersons
132,394LevelJanuary 2013LondonMales
89,440LevelJanuary 2013LondonFemales
133,688LevelJanuary 2013South EastPersons
86,927LevelJanuary 2013South EastMales
46,761LevelJanuary 2013South EastFemales
84,674LevelJanuary 2013South WestPersons
55,893LevelJanuary 2013South WestMales
28,781LevelJanuary 2013South WestFemales
78,366LevelJanuary 2013WalesPersons
52,457LevelJanuary 2013WalesMales
25,909LevelJanuary 2013WalesFemales
138,212LevelJanuary 2013ScotlandPersons
94,058LevelJanuary 2013ScotlandMales
44,154LevelJanuary 2013ScotlandFemales
64,756LevelJanuary 2013Northern IrelandPersons
46,007LevelJanuary 2013Northern IrelandMales
18,749LevelJanuary 2013Northern IrelandFemales
1,544,640LevelFebruary 2013United KingdomPersons
1,010,528LevelFebruary 2013United KingdomMales
534,112LevelFebruary 2013United KingdomFemales
1,263,529LevelFebruary 2013EnglandPersons
818,367LevelFebruary 2013EnglandMales
445,162LevelFebruary 2013EnglandFemales
92,234LevelFebruary 2013North EastPersons
62,198LevelFebruary 2013North EastMales
30,036LevelFebruary 2013North EastFemales
193,981LevelFebruary 2013North WestPersons
130,045LevelFebruary 2013North WestMales
63,936LevelFebruary 2013North WestFemales
161,507LevelFebruary 2013Yorkshire and the HumberPersons
107,712LevelFebruary 2013Yorkshire and the HumberMales
53,795LevelFebruary 2013Yorkshire and the HumberFemales
104,582LevelFebruary 2013East MidlandsPersons
67,986LevelFebruary 2013East MidlandsMales
36,596LevelFebruary 2013East MidlandsFemales
160,606LevelFebruary 2013West MidlandsPersons
104,497LevelFebruary 2013West MidlandsMales
56,109LevelFebruary 2013West MidlandsFemales
112,390LevelFebruary 2013EastPersons
71,954LevelFebruary 2013EastMales
40,436LevelFebruary 2013EastFemales
221,044LevelFebruary 2013LondonPersons
131,996LevelFebruary 2013LondonMales
89,048LevelFebruary 2013LondonFemales
133,211LevelFebruary 2013South EastPersons
86,612LevelFebruary 2013South EastMales
46,599LevelFebruary 2013South EastFemales
83,974LevelFebruary 2013South WestPersons
55,367LevelFebruary 2013South WestMales
28,607LevelFebruary 2013South WestFemales
78,234LevelFebruary 2013WalesPersons
52,384LevelFebruary 2013WalesMales
25,850LevelFebruary 2013WalesFemales
138,119LevelFebruary 2013ScotlandPersons
93,801LevelFebruary 2013ScotlandMales
44,318LevelFebruary 2013ScotlandFemales
64,758LevelFebruary 2013Northern IrelandPersons
45,976LevelFebruary 2013Northern IrelandMales
18,782LevelFebruary 2013Northern IrelandFemales
1,530,569LevelMarch 2013United KingdomPersons
1,000,625LevelMarch 2013United KingdomMales
529,944LevelMarch 2013United KingdomFemales
1,251,673LevelMarch 2013EnglandPersons
810,026LevelMarch 2013EnglandMales
441,647LevelMarch 2013EnglandFemales
90,923LevelMarch 2013North EastPersons
61,115LevelMarch 2013North EastMales
29,808LevelMarch 2013North EastFemales
192,366LevelMarch 2013North WestPersons
128,912LevelMarch 2013North WestMales
63,454LevelMarch 2013North WestFemales
160,490LevelMarch 2013Yorkshire and the HumberPersons
106,960LevelMarch 2013Yorkshire and the HumberMales
53,530LevelMarch 2013Yorkshire and the HumberFemales
103,786LevelMarch 2013East MidlandsPersons
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Main information

Most recent update
13 November 2025
Next update expected
18 December 2025
Designation
Official statistics in development
Data provider
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Data source
Jobcentre Plus administrative system

Data notes

Revisions
  • 13 November 2025
  • 16 October 2025
  • 16 October 2025
  • 14 October 2025

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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Contact email
labourmarket.stats@gov.wales

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