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Claimant Count : K02000001 UK : People : SA : Thousands
1,726.2
2025 APR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
Labour market overview, UK: May 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- Estimates for payrolled employees in the UK decreased by 47,000 (0.2%) between February and March 2025 and fell by 63,000 (0.2%) between March 2024 and March 2025.
- Payrolled employees fell by 53,000 (0.2%) over the quarter and fell by 4,000 (0.0%) over the year, when looking at January to March 2025. This is the period comparable with our Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates.
- The early estimate of payrolled employees for April 2025 decreased by 33,000 (0.1%) on the month and decreased by 106,000 (0.3%) on the year to 30.3 million. The April 2025 estimate should be treated as a provisional estimate and is likely to be revised when more data are received next month.
Time series related to Out of work benefits
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1,726.2 2025 APR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
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4.5 % 2025 APR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
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767.9 2025 APR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
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958.2 2025 APR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
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150.9 2025 APR
- Release date:
- 13 May 2025
- Next release:
- 10 June 2025
Datasets related to Out of work benefits
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CLA01: Claimant Count
Claimant Count by sex including Jobseeker's Allowance and out of work Universal Credit claimants, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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CLA02: Claimant Count by age group
Claimant Count by age group and sex, UK, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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CLA03: Claimant Count revisions triangle
Claimant Count revisions triangle, published monthly. These are official statistics in development.
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BEN01: Main out of work benefits
Main out of work benefits. This table is usually updated four times a year in February, May, August and November.
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BEN02: Jobseeker's Allowance claimants (not designated as National Statistics)
Jobseeker's Allowance claimants.
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BEN03: Jobseeker's Allowance by age and duration (not designated as National Statistics)
Jobseeker’s Allowance by age and duration.
Publications related to Out of work benefits
Statistical bulletins
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Labour market overview, UK: May 2025
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