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This is a quarterly National Statistics release of the main鈥�DWP-administered benefits on or supplementary data tables where appropriate.

Maternity Allowance statistics

Maternity Allowance statistics for May 2022 have not been published as planned.

Following a data production error, figures are not available, and we have been unable to produce any estimates for this quarter. We regret that the loss of Maternity Allowance data for May 2022 will represent a permanent gap in the statistical series.

Maternity Allowance statistics for August 2022 will be released as normal at 9:30am on 14 February 2023.

Email [email protected] if you have any concerns relating to the loss of these statistics.

Scottish devolution: changes to the presentation of DWP statistics

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On Stat-Xplore, we added a split to聽DLA聽geography fields to provide breakdowns based on policy ownership. Users of these statistics should make data selections based on these policy ownership lines.

Statistics showing the number of applications and awards to the new Child Disability Payment have been released by Scottish Government. Similar statistics for Adult Disability Payment covering its initial roll out phase are also available.

Please refer to our background information note for more information on presentational changes we have made to our statistics in response to Scottish devolution.

Housing Benefit: Hackney Borough Council data and Gloucester City Council

Housing benefit data covering the periods November 2020 to July 2021 was affected by an interruption in the supply of data from Hackney Borough council.

Hackney Borough Council have now resumed the supply of Housing Benefit data to鈥�DWP. Data from August 2021 is based on their most recent return. However, it should be noted that recovery work in Hackney is still ongoing, and therefore the statistics for this period are presented as a best available estimate.

A similar interruption has occurred at Gloucester City Council. As a result of a criminal cyber-attack, Gloucester City Council is unable to supply鈥�DWP鈥痺ith Housing Benefit data until further notice. This has affected Housing Benefit statistics from December 2021. Data problems are unlikely to be fixed until 2023. Until then鈥�HB鈥痵tatistics that cover Gloucester will be derived from earlier data using the same approach we adopted for Hackney.

Please refer to the background information note for more information on the impacts to our statistics and how we have managed this interruption.

State Pension

During 2019, a new鈥�DWP鈥痗omputer system called 鈥淕et Your State Pension鈥� (GYSP) came online to handle State Pension claims. The鈥�GYSP system is now handling a sizeable proportion of new claims.

We are not yet able to include鈥�GYSP鈥痵ystem data in our published statistics for State Pension. The number of鈥�GYSP鈥痗ases are too high to allow us to continue to publish State Pension data on Stat-Xplore. In the short term, we will provide鈥�GYSP鈥痚stimates based on payment systems data. As a temporary measure, State Pension statistics will be published via data tables only. The latest release contains State Pensions estimates for the quarters to May 2022.

For these reasons, a biannual release of supplementary tables to show State Pension deferment increments and proportions of beneficiaries receiving a full amount has been suspended. The latest available time period for these figures remains September 2020.

We are developing new statistical datasets to properly represent both computer systems. Once we have quality assured the new data it will be published on Stat-Xplore, including a refresh of historical data using the best data available.

For more information, see the background information note.

More information

A statistical summary document is published every six months in February and August each year. It contains a high-level summary of the latest National Statistics on鈥�DWP鈥痓别苍别蹿颈迟蝉. Commentary on Benefit Combination statistics is now included twice a year as part of this collection. Benefit Combinations statistics are released quarterly on .

Find further information about the publication and statistics, including details on changes and revisions, in the background and methodology documents.

Further information about this release can be found on the DWP鈥痓enefits statistics collection page and in the 鈥淲elfare and Benefits鈥� community on .

If you have any comments or questions, get in touch at: [email protected]