(2) how many people have flowed on to jobseeker's allowance who (a) had previously claimed it within the last (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) one year and (iv) two years and (b) had not previously claimed it in each of the last 10 months.
[holding answer 16 December 2008]: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 December 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people have flowed on to jobseeker's allowance (JSA) who (a) had previously claimed JSA within the last (i) three months (ii) six months (iii) one year and (iv) two years and (b) had not previously claimed jobseeker's allowance, in each of the last 12 months. (244471).
We have combined this answer with another Parliamentary Question asking how many people have flowed on to jobseeker's allowance (JSA) who (a) had previously claimed JSA within the last (i) three months (ii) six months (iii) one year and (iv) two years and (b) had not previously claimed it, in each of the last 10 months. (244472).
Table 1, attached, shows the estimate of the number of people who have flowed on to JSA in each of the last 12 months, by the length of time since they last claimed and also the number of people who have never previously claimed. These estimates have been derived using data from the Jobcentre Plus 5% cohort. This is a sample of the Jobcentre Plus administrative system.
Not seasonally adjusted Length of time since previous claim Month of onflow Up to 3 months Up to 6 months Up to 1 year Up to 2 years Never claimed 2007 November 67.4 84.3 101.9 114.2 31.2 December2 81.3 102.1 123.8 139.1 35.4 2008 January 63.6 79.9 96.0 107.4 27.5 February2 85.4 112.1 137.4 155.7 48.4 March 64.6 83.9 100.8 114.8 33.6 April 62.3 77.7 93.6 106.6 33.3 May 68.6 81.7 97.3 110.7 31.4 June2 90.7 110.6 131.5 148.3 43.8 July 73.6 91.0 109.2 126.4 53.2 August2 93.9 118.2 140.6 161.2 62.7 September 76.9 104.0 111.3 126.3 53.1 October 80.7 101.3 118.4 136.3 53.3 1 Number of claims started within month. 2 Five week month (remaining months are 4 week months). 3 Estimates are based on a 5 per cent. sample of computerised claims. All claims have been weighted by a factor of 20 to represent the population. Source: Jobcentre Plus 5 per cent. Cohort2