News and announcements - March to December 2012
For further information about these statistics:
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- non media queries should be sent to the person listed as the main contact below
| Date | Title | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/12/2012 | Response to the user consultation seeking views on the changes to Jobcentre Plus Vacancy Series: Summary of Feedback and next steps. | In late autumn 2012, there were fundamental changes in Jobcentre Plus handling of employer vacancies and services in support of job search. This meant that existing National Statistics on Jobcentre Plus vacancies ceased from November 2012. The DWP consultation with users of the statistics has now closed. Here is a note summarising user views and the next steps being undertaken. | Russ Bentley |
| 11/12/2012 | Government response to the consultation on Income Related Benefits: Estimates of take-up | DWP ran a consultation on the annual statistical publication Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take-up between 12 July 2012 and 4 October 2012. The Government response was published on 11 December 2012. | Simon Lunn |
| 05/12/2012 | Support for the very long term unemployed trailblazer - Preliminary analysis of benefit impacts | Support for the very long term unemployed trailblazer - preliminary analysis of benefit impacts' ad hoc analysis is being published at 9:30am on 6 December 2012. | Ali McAuley |
| 05/12/2012 | Older workers Statistical Information Booklet | The Older Workers Statistical Information booklet is published by the Department for Work and Pensions in fulfilment of a commitment to publish information on employment statistics relating to older people. The next edition will be published in December 2012. | Sirinnuj Redden |
| 29/11/2012 | Fraud and Error in the Benefit System - published on 29 November 2012 | The latest National Statistics report, 'Fraud and Error in the Benefit System: 2011/12 Estimates' produced by the Department for Work and Pensions was released on 29 November 2012 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. The report contains estimates of fraud and error in the benefit system in Great Britain for the period April 2011 to March 2012. | Joanne Dalzell |
| 16/11/2012 | Survey of Child Maintenance Options Outcomes | The primary objective of DWP Child Maintenance Group is to ensure that the maximum number of children who live apart from one or both parents benefit from an effective child maintenance arrangement (regular, reliable financial support that helps towards a child's everyday living costs). Child Maintenance Options' contribution to this objective was measured through surveys of clients who used the service between July 2008 and January 2012. The primary objective of these surveys was to determine the number of children benefiting from a (private) family-based child maintenance arrangement following contact with the Child Maintenance Options telephone service. The methodology and estimates will be published on Friday, 23 November. | Paul March |
| 16/11/2012 | Child Maintenance Population Estimates | The separated family population is composed of all families where the parents/legal guardians do not live together and their children are either under 16, or under 20 and in full-time education. Child maintenance is usually regular, reliable financial support that helps towards a child's everyday living costs. The analysis outlined in this paper estimates the size of the overall separated family population, the number of families with child maintenance arrangements and, of these, how many are effective. The methodology and estimates will be published on Friday, 23 November. | David Finch |
| 14/11/2012 | DWP launches Stat-Xplore: A new online tool for interactive visualisation. | This is to announce the beta release of DWP's new interactive visualisation and tabulation tool on 14 November 2012 | Gayll Thomson |
| 12/11/2012 | Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment Outcomes by Physical and Mental Health Condition | This publication informs on Work Capability Assessment (WCA) outcomes for Employment Support Allowance (ESA) new claims only. It looks into trend changes from spring 2011 that follow implementation of recommendations in the department led review of the WCA and second independent review of the WCA. This report specifically looks at WCA outcomes for applicants with mental and physical conditions, that is time series of percentages allocated to high level groups. The report will be published at 9:30am on 19 November 2012. | William Farbrother |
| 12/11/2012 | Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment Outcomes made on Paper Evidence | This publication informs on Work Capability Assessment (WCA) outcomes for Employment Support Allowance (ESA) new claims only This report specifically looks at volumes for recommendations made at scrutiny, that is those based solely on clerical evidence rather than face-to-face assessment. The report will be published at 9:30am on 19 November 2012. | David Green |
| 12/11/2012 | Social Security and Child Support tribunal hearings: Early analysis of appeals allowed from pilot data | This publication informs through early results from a joint Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) pilot exercise. It looks into why appeals are allowed by the Tribunal Service, that is the high level reasons for the overturning of DWP benefit entitlement decisions. The report will be published at 9:30am on 19 November 2012. | Trushar Pandya |
| 05/11/2012 | Mandatory Programmes statistics - methodological changes | This is to announce that some methodological changes will be made to statistics on Skills Conditionality. Full details will be provided in the next Mandatory Programmes publication which will be published on 14 November 2012. | Jasbir Lally |
| 19/10/2012 | Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics for September 2012 - publication date of 14 November 2012 | This is to announce that the publication of the September 2012 Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics will be published at 9:30am on 14 November 2012. | Alexis Marlborough |
| 17/10/2012 | Employment and Support Allowance Sanctions Statistics - change to next publication date | The next release of Employment and Support Allowance sanction statistics was due in November 2012. However, they are now scheduled for publication in February 2013 which will bring them in line with Jobseekers Allowance sanctions statistics which are published as part of the DWP Statistical Summary. This is important as a new three tier sanctions regime is due to be introduced which seeks to broadly align both the JSA and ESA sanctions regimes with the model to be introduced under Universal Credit. | Simon Marlow |
| 17/10/2012 | Changes to JSA Sanctions Statistics | DWP is running a consultation on Changes to the Jobseekers Allowance Sanctions regime and the effects it will have on the quarterly statistical reports. | Angie Panting |
| 05/10/2012 | Further Education and Benefit Claims - Emerging Findings from the Data Matching Project | This is to announce that an upate to the ad hoc publication 'Further Education and Benefit Claims' is being published at 9:30am on 9 October 2012. | Amy Lee |
| 03/10/2012 | ONS consultation on: the production and dissemination of Claimant Count statistics following the introduction of Universal Credit. | ONS is running a consultation on Claimant Count statistics until 23 November 2012. The Claimant Count generally aims to measure the number of people who receive benefits principally for the reason of being unemployed. It is currently based on Jobseekers Allowance but needs to change because of the introduction of Universal Credit. | Bob Watson (ONS) |
| 03/10/2012 | GB households and individuals in receipt of a letter warning them they may be affected by benefit cap in April 2013 | Publication of ad hoc statistics on GB households and individuals in receipt of a letter notifying them that they may be affected by the benefit cap in April 2013 | Paul McReady |
| 07/09/2012 | Winter Fuel Payments 2011/12 | The release of these statistics has been delayed from 12 September 2012 to 26 September 2012. | Stuart Grant |
| 15/08/2012 | DWP Statistical Summary - changes to publication frequency | The publication frequency of the DWP Statistical Summary is temporarily changing to allow development work on new, improved dissemination tools and new statistical series (e.g. Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment). More details and the impact on users can be found in the August 2012 Summary, in the Notes, section 9. | Stuart Grant |
| 15/08/2012 | Statistics regarding job vacancies handled by Jobcentre Plus | In late autumn 2012, there will be fundamental changes in Jobcentre Plus handling of employer vacancies and services in support of job search. This means that existing National Statistics on Jobcentre Plus vacancies will cease and there will be no further releases on Nomis. Statistics will be made available from the new job-search service. However, definitions will not be consistent with the existing series. DWP have opened a consultation with users of the statistics on 15 August 2012. This will run for 13 weeks until 14 November 2012. The consultation can be found in the Focus On... article on page 4 of the DWP Quarterly Statistical Summary. | Stuart Grant |
| 30/07/2012 | Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics for June 2012 - revised publication date of 22 August 2012 | This is to announce that the publication of the June 2012 Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics will be published at 9:30am on 22 August 2012 | Alexis Marlborough |
| 12/07/2012 | Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take-up, proposed cessation of the national statistics series | DWP is running a consultation on the future of the annual statistical publication Income Related Benefits: Estimates of Take-up. It its proposed that the publication is discontinued. The consultation period ends 4 October 2012 with a formal response due by 4 January 2012. | Simon Lunn |
| 24/05/2012 | Request for Users' Views on DWP Migration Statistics: Summary of Feedback. | This is to announce that in November 2011 we requested your views on the NINo overseas nationals Migration Statistics we produce, their frequency and format. Here is note summarising the feedback we received. | Russ Bentley |
| 17/05/2012 | Fraud and Error in the Benefit System - being published on 17 May 2012 | This is to announce that the next publication of National Statistic 'Fraud and Error in the Benefits System: Preliminary 2011/12 Estimates' is being published at 9:30am on 17 May 2012. | Joanne Dalzell |
| 03/05/2012 | Households Below Average Income: planned revision to improve the methodology for direct taxes in Northern Ireland | This note describes our intention to revise results for 2008/09 and 2009/10 to improve the methodology for direct taxes in Northern Ireland and to adjust for new tenure information from the Department for Communities and Local Government. | Peter Matejic |
| 19/04/2012 | Fraud and Error in the Benefit System - due to be published on 17 May 2012 | This is to announce that the next publication of National Statistic 'Fraud and Error in the Benefits System: Preliminary 2011/12 Estimates' is due to be published at 9:30am on 17 May 2012. | Joanne Dalzell |
