Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people stopped claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance in the most recent month for which figures are available; and what proportion of such people ended their claim after moving into work.

The available information which shows the number of off-flows from the Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimant count is published here:

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp

Guidance for users can be found at:

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp

The available information which shows the number of off-flows from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is published here:

http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/flows/flows_off/tabtool.html

Guidance for users is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance

Individuals ending a claim for JSA are not required to inform the Department of their destinations and hence the destination information published on the NOMIS website is incomplete.