Emily Thornberry – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2015-12-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people stopped claiming (a) jobseeker’s allowance and (b) employment and support allowance in the most recent month for which figures are available; and what proportion of such people ended their claim after moving into work.
Priti Patel
The available information which shows the number of off-flows from the Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimant count is published here:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp
Guidance for users can be found at:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp
The available information which shows the number of off-flows from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is published here:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/flows/flows_off/tabtool.html
Guidance for users is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
Individuals ending a claim for JSA are not required to inform the Department of their destinations and hence the destination information published on the NOMIS website is incomplete.
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