Updated 30 November 2012
Rates of people moving from key out of work benefits
Indicator description
This indicator measures the rate of people moving off Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment Support Allowance to any destination.
The indicator reports off-flow rates for cohorts of customers who flow on to each benefit in a given period. For example 88.2% of those starting to receive Jobseeker’s Allowance in August 2011 had stopped receiving the benefit 52 weeks later. The rate of people moving off benefit is calculated after 52 weeks in receipt for Jobseeker’s Allowance and 65 weeks for Employment Support Allowance.
The indicator will be updated monthly, although we would expect only minor changes month on month. There is a reporting lag of up to 14 months for Jobseeker’s Allowance and up to 17 months for Employment Support Allowance due to the elapsed time inherent in the indicator and the time needed to process the data. Data are not seasonally adjusted.
Off-flow rates vary naturally over time, and will be impacted by policy changes, as well as changes in the economy. Over the time period covered by the Indicator, the Department has enacted Welfare Reform changes that have moved lone parents onto Jobseeker’s Allowance, changing the composition of the benefit. The Department has also stopped some employment programmes and introduced new programmes.
Latest data – published November 2012
Jobseeker’s Allowance off-flow rates have declined steadily, but have shown an increase in recent months. Latest data for July 2012 are 88.2%.
Employment Support Allowance off-flow rates have remained stable over the period. Latest data for July 2012 are 72.4%.
52 week Jobseekers Allowance month ending
| Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | 87.3% | 87.5% | 88.3% | 88.2% | ||||||||
| 2011/12 | 90.7% | 90.5% | 90.5% | 89.7% | 89.0% | 88.8% | 88.5% | 88.5% | 87.7% | 87.3% | 86.6% | 87.2% |
65 week Employment Support Allowance month ending
| Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | 73.1% | 73.0% | 73.2% | 72.4% | ||||||||
| 2011/12 | 73.4% | 73.2% | 73.1% | 74.0% | 73.8% | 73.3% | 73.3% | 72.7% | 73.4% | 73.1% | 73.7% | 72.5% |
