Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up
The latest national statistics on Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up produced by the Department for Work and Pensions were released on 25th June 2009 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Statistics on the latest estimates of take-up of income-related benefits for Great Britain covering: Income Support, Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and income-based Jobseeker's include data for the period up to the end of March 2008.The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 10th June 2008.
The key points from the latest release are:
Income Support - Take-up between 78% and 88% by caseload, compared with between 81% and 90% in 2006-07. There was evidence of decrease in caseload take-up by about one percentage point between 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Pension Credit - Take-up between 61% and 70% by caseload, compared with between 60% and 69% in 2006-07. There was evidence of an increase in caseload take-up of about one percentage point between 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Housing Benefit- Take-up between 80% and 87% by caseload, compared with between 81% and 87% in 2006-07. There was evidence of a decrease in overall caseload take-up of around one percentage point between 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Council Tax Benefit - Take-up between 62% and 68% by caseload, compared with between 63% and 69% in 2006-07. There was evidence to suggest a decrease in caseload of at least one percentage between 2006-07 and 2007-08.
Jobseeker's Allowance (Income-based) - Take-up between 52% and 60% by caseload, compared with between 49% and 60% in 2006-07. There was no conclusive evidence of a change in caseload take-up.
To access the latest release in full click here
Additional tables are available here
Further information on the statistics is available here
Coverage: GB
Geographic Breakdown: Great Britain
Next Release Date: Summer 2010