February 2025 Data Released

The monthly update of the Claimant Count and ONS Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) series took place on 20 March 2025 with the release of new data for February 2025. As usual, the claimant count figures for the previous month were revised at the same time.

Local authority, regional and national rates updated

The local authority, regional and national population estimates, used to calculate rates, have been updated to use the latest estimates compatible with the 2021 Census. These include the most recent 2023 population estimates and the rebased series from 2011 to 2022.

From this release, residence-based rates for dates from 2011 will only be available using the latest version of local authority geographies: those as of April 2023. Rates will no longer appear with earlier versions. Any saved queries using older versions of local authorities will need to be updated.

Accessing Data

Headline statistics: The latest headline statistics are available in the following reports:

• National and regional figures:
  • Regional and National Profile
  • Spreadsheet Download (xls)
• Local area figures:
  • Local Authority Profile
  • Combined Authority Profile
  • Parliamentary Constituency Profile
  • Ward Profile

Detailed statistics: the following datasets updated in this release are available under the Claimant Count or Jobseeker's Allowance series in the query tool:

• Claimant Count:
  • Claimant count seasonally adjusted
  • Claimant count by sex and age
• Jobseeker's Allowance:
  • Jobseeker's Allowance with rates and proportions
  • Jobseeker's Allowance by age and duration
  • Jobseeker's Allowance by age and duration with proportions
  • Jobseeker's Allowance by occupation
  • Jobseeker's Allowance by occupation, age and duration
  • Jobseeker's Allowance flows
  • Jobseeker's Allowance flows by age and duration
  • Jobseeker's Allowance flows by occupation
  • Jobseeker's Allowance on-flows by occupation and age
  • Jobseeker's Allowance off-flows by occupation, age and duration
  • Jobseeker's Allowance off-flows by reason, age and duration
  • Jobseeker's Allowance off-flows by reason and occupation
  • Jobseeker's Allowance off-flows by reason, occupation, age and duration
  • Jobseeker's Allowance seasonally adjusted` occupation, age and duration