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Housing Benefit & Council Tax Benefit Summary Statistics

Due to improvements in data collection methods, from February 2007 there will be a gradual transition from using clerical data to an electronic scan of Local Authorities' computer systems, as a source for HB data. Over time this will improve the accuracy and timeliness of published statistics, however in the short term there may be a chance of increased error and so caution should be used when interpreting trends. Specific issues with data will be highlighted within the notes which accompany each table.

DWP Tabulation Tool

The DWP are now releasing many of their National Statistics via a Tabulation Tool that allows the user to define their own bespoke analyses.

Click this link DWP Tabulation Tool to begin.

Continuing Releases

The Quarterly Summaries

The Annual Summaries