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Income related benefits: estimates of take-up

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When using figures in time series please access the most recent release, as revisions to statistics may not appear in earlier releases.


Caveats

Revisions included in the 2008-09 publication

Please refer to the 2008-09 edition for improved figures for expenditure take-up of Pension Credit between 2003-04 and 2007-08 and for improved figures for caseload and expenditure take-up of Housing Benefit by family type and employment status for 2007-08.

Revisions included in the 2007-08 publication

Improvements in methodology mean that Pension Credit estimates of take-up in 2006-07 have been revised; please refer to the 2007-08 publication for revised figures for 2006-07.

Revisions included in the 2006-07 publication

Changes to definitions for tenure types, and some methdological changes, mean that estimates of take-up in 2005-06 have been revised; please refer to the 2006-07 publication for revised figures for 2005-06.

Revisions included in the 2004-05 publication

Improvements in methodology mean that estimates of take-up in 2003-04 and 2004-05 have been revised; please refer to the 2004-05 publication for revised figures for 2003-04, and to the 2005-06 publication for revised figures for 2004-05.

Revisions included in the 2003-04 publication

In 2003/04 a new FRS grossing regime was introduced. Take-up estimates for 2002/03 have been subsequently revised; please refer to the 2003/04 publication for revised figures for 2002/03.

Revisions included in the 1997-98 publication

In 1998 pensioner take-up estimates from 1994-95 to 1996-97 were discovered to have errors, please refer to the 1997-98 edition for revised figures for 1996-97.

Revisions included in the 1993-94 publication

For pensioner take-up estimates for 1990, 1991 and 1992 please refer to revised estimates presented in the 1993-94 publication.