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Jobseeker’s Allowance

Volume 467: debated on Monday 12 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobseeker's allowance claimants stopped claiming benefit in each month since 1992. (162783)

The information is in the following tables.

Number leaving unemployment benefits and jobseeker's allowance in Great Britain: January 1992 to September 2007

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

January

190,642

253,196

270,908

275,216

207,808

217,855

161,795

211,763

February

376,643

328,437

336,358

318,069

283,170

394,236

336,577

253,951

March

301,720

328,229

330,673

311,181

370,714

307,706

262,935

259,047

April

283,938

303,811

391,365

362,335

266,274

285,320

242,472

245,428

May

364,652

404,240

331,626

295,051

299,334

280,629

288,936

311,468

June

301,136

309,946

310,346

283,163

334,859

344,672

231,813

240,924

July

291,184

310,041

387,135

344,357

266,357

260,122

222,398

242,571

August

362,932

387,570

312,984

286,948

259,630

320,882

290,062

307,593

September

326,164

348,793

344,374

410,335

381,390

305,224

272,294

262,408

October

396,791

515,928

497,625

361,103

362,229

320,724

284,084

342,963

November

384,325

326,687

320,798

293,069

385,049

337,751

298,472

242,886

December

275,642

271,198

272,759

289,752

225,240

225,981

216,932

219,838

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

January

184,043

152,793

139,510

130,575

126,576

161,940

160,959

150,193

February

253,222

236,409

274,592

269,156

258,678

191,272

183,427

204,966

March

250,926

235,242

227,003

221,923

212,931

189,645

196,920

210,965

April

310,809

285,730

221,965

224,325

201,804

229,208

228,094

246,102

May

230,139

204,914

220,020

190,190

241,144

183,946

186,049

202,381

June

226,338

263,532

254,474

257,688

201,444

185,474

191,088

252,557

July

285,453

207,133

209,270

207,402

188,033

228,097

233,612

199,562

August

227,673

202,075

211,895

251 ,949

224,595

179,492

195,561

192,324

September

308,302

278,149

281,752

225,898

197,451

184,676

253,183

263,806

October

249,588

232,108

235,403

225,572

252,423

243,572

214,780

November

222,370

204,896

259,970

252,007

185,489

184,248

206,531

December

243,096

228,869

185,162

179,137

170,572

164,094

218,099

Notes: 1. Figures are unrounded. 2. Jobseeker's allowance was introduced in October 1996 and replaced unemployment benefit. Source: Figures are produced from 100 per cent. monthly flows data available on the NOMIS website—the preferred data source—and exclude a small number of clerically held cases.