Social Security Benefits: Unemployment
Commons · Question 5930 · Tabled 2 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the claimant count is for people receiving unemployment-related benefits.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 10 Jun 2026
The independent Office of National Statistics (ONS) publishes data on the number of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance and out of work Universal Credit. This can be found here: CLA01: Claimant Count - Office for National Statistics