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  • Revisions to the Claimant Count from the inclusion of Full Universal Credit Service claimants

    Methodology | Released on 16 November 2016

    As part of the ongoing development of the Claimant Count since the introduction of Universal Credit, the series now includes Claimants from the Department for Work and Pensions' Full Universal Credit Service. This results in upwards revisions to the Claimant Count.

  • Small area income estimates: quality assurance of administrative data, Oct 2016

    Methodology | Released on 24 October 2016

    The level of quality assurance required for the administrative data used in the production of the small area income estimates (SAIE), which provide estimates of mean weekly household income for middle layer super output areas (MSOAs) in England and Wales.

    Keywords: QAAD, data quality, household income

  • Revisions to the Universal Credit component of the Claimant Count

    Methodology | Released on 17 August 2016

    Revisions to the Claimant Count arising from moving from out of work Universal Credit claimants to those required to seek and be available for work.

    Keywords: Jobseeker’s Allowance, out of work”, claiming benefit, claimants

  • Small Area Income Estimates: Plans for future production and development

    Methodology | Released on 11 July 2016

    This document supports our work to meet requirement 1 of the assessment report which is split into the following two parts: develop and publish an integrated engagement strategy, and publish development plans for the small area estimation of income

  • Revisions to workforce jobs

    Methodology | Released on 15 June 2016

  • Measuring disability in the Labour Force Survey

    Methodology | Released on 14 March 2016

    The aim of this report is to provide insight into how the Labour Force Survey (LFS) questionnaire changes, and how is has altered disability reporting behaviours on the LFS. It will provide users with enough understanding to accurately interpret analysis over time and be able to attach relevant footnotes.

    Keywords: labour market, LFS, Labour force survey, AWE, average weekly earnings, articles, employment, unemployment, jobs

  • Claimant Count

    Methodology | Released on 5 February 2016

    The claimant count measure of unemployment-related benefits.

  • Subnational labour market

    Methodology | Released on 5 February 2016

    Information about Labour Market Statistics, employment, unemployment and claimant count for small areas including regions, published in the Regional Labour Market Statistical Bulletin.

    Keywords: labour market, employment, unemployment, jobs, subnational labour, regional labour market, small areas, local labour market

  • Standard occupational classification (SOC 2000) backcasting

    Methodology | Released on 5 February 2016

    Overview of the process used to introduce Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2000 to replace SOC90.

    Keywords: backcasting, standard occupational classification, labour force survey, SOC, LFS

  • Standard occupational classification (SOC 2000) and NS-SEC on the labour force survey

    Methodology | Released on 5 February 2016

    The first time use of Standard Industrial Classification (SOC) 2000 and NS-SEC in the Labour Force Survey (LFS).

    Keywords: Labour force survey, LFS, standard occupational classification, SOC, jobs, employment, job classifications, types of jobs