Benefit claimants in Kent

The number of people claiming a Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit is presented in the Benefit Claimants bulletin (PDF, 1Mb). This bulletin presents data for the key DWP benefits including; Income Support (IS)/ Pension Credit (PC), Job Seekers Allowance (JSA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Incapacity Benefit (IB) to name but a few.

The number of people claiming a disability related benefit is also used by Kent County Council as an indicator of how many residents there are in Kent with a disability or disabling condition.  This information along with several other measures of disability are presented in the Disability in Kent bulletin (PDF, 2.1Mb).