Unemployment and benefits

Unemployment in Kent

Unemployment data is produced monthly from the administrative process of benefit claims. Analysis of the latest unemployment data at both district and ward level can be found in the Unemployment in Kent bulletin (PDF, 763.3 KB).

Unemployment data is available from January 2007 for districts and wards in the unemployment models:

• District Unemployment Timeseries (XLSM, 2.3 MB)
• Ward Unemployment Timeseries (XLSM, 1.1 MB)

Measuring unemployment in Kent

There are 3 main ways to measure unemployment. These are presented in the unemployment measures bulletin (PDF, 202.4 KB).

Universal Credit claims in Kent

Universal Credit is a payment to help with living costs for those on a low income or who are out of work. Many people have seen their income reduce due to coronavirus measures.

Our Universal Credit claims bulletin (PDF, 1.0 MB) looks at the number of Universal Credit claimants in Kent and Medway and how they have changed over recent months.

Number of people claiming benefits in Kent

The number of people claiming a Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) benefit is presented in the Benefit claimants bulletin (PDF, 717.6 KB). The key DWP benefits include:

• Income Support (IS)
• Pension Credit (PC)
• Job Seekers Allowance (JSA)
• Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• Incapacity Benefit (IB)
• Universal Credit (UC)
• Personal Independence Payments (PIP)

Equality and Diversity provides information about people claiming disability related benefits.

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