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Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Friday, 26 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 March 2010. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Thursday, 4 March 2010 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Jobseeker's Allowance

Question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people have claimed jobseeker's allowance in each quarter since April 2008.
Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:"The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles monthly counts of the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. Table 1 shows the number of people, resident in the United Kingdom, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) at the end of each quarter since April 2008.""National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at""http://www.nomisweb.co.uk"

Table 1: Number of persons claiming Jobseeker's Allowance resident in the UK Seasonally adjusted: United Kingdom
Thousand
June 2008 843.3
September 2008 956.7
December 2008 1,175.8
March 2009 1,455.9
June 2009 1,557.8
September 2009 1,626.6
December 2009 1,612.1
Source:
Jobcentre Plus Administrative System

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c1339-40W; 320172
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Jobseeker's allowance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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