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Department for Work and Pensions Indicator Data

Input indicators

The indicators set out in this section are just a subset of the data gathered by the Department which will be made transparently available as outlined in the Information Strategy.

The Department will adopt the following input indicators:

Input indicator When will publication start? How often will it be published? How will it be broken down?
Unit cost of Jobcentre Plus labour market support per customer May 2011 Annually By benefit type
Processing cost per new claim for Jobseeker’s Allowance May 2011 Annually Nationally
Cost of maintaining each existing claim for Jobseeker’s Allowance May 2011 Annually Nationally
Cost of processing each new claim for Employment and Support Allowance May 2011 Annually Nationally
Cost of processing each new claim for Income Support May 2011 Annually Nationally
Cost of maintaining each existing claim for Income Support May 2011 Annually Nationally
Cost of maintaining each existing claim for Basic State Pension May 2011 Annually Nationally
Cost of maintaining each existing claim for Pension Credit May 2011 Annually Nationally
Cost of processing each new claim for Disability Living Allowance May 2011 Annually Nationally
Overall Department for Work and Pensions productivity measure May 2011 Annually Nationally

Impact Indicators

Our impact indicators are designed to help the public to judge whether our policies and reforms are having the effect they want. Further detail on these indicators can be found in our full list of datasets. The Department will adopt the following indicators:

Impact indicator When will publication start? How often will it be published? How will it be broken down?
Rate of people moving from out of work benefits into employment July 2011 Quarterly By Jobcentre Plus district and by benefit
Number of people on out of work benefits Already published Quarterly By customer group, including some disadvantaged groups
Proportion of children living in workless households Already published Half-yearly Nationally
Proportion of young people not in employment or full-time education Already published Monthly Nationally
Social mobility in adulthood: we are committed to developing new measures of progress in improving social mobility looking at access to the professions, progression in the labour market and the availability of ‘second chances’ to succeed in the labour market. To be confirmed To be confirmed To be confirmed
Rate of disability poverty Already published Annually Nationally
Gap between the employment rates for disabled people and the overall population Already published Quarterly Nationally
Total cost to the taxpayer of fraud and error for benefit claims Already published Half-yearly Nationally
Rate of pensioner poverty Already published Annually By region
Number of employees in a pension scheme sponsored by their employer Already published Annually Nationally
Average age people stop working May 2011 Quarterly Nationally
Public opinion of DWP service levels August 2011 Annually Nationally

Other data

We have highlighted key data, which will be particularly useful to help people to judge the progress of structural reforms, and help people to make informed choices, under three headings:

Data which will help people to judge the progress of structural reforms:
Proportion of customers who have been on the Work Programme and achieved a job outcome payment, how much those outcomes have cost the Government on average, and how much benefit savings the programme has generated
Number of volunteering opportunities on Directgov available for unemployed people, by region
Number of IB recipients reassessed and those moving from IB to ESA nationally
Number of disabled people taking up Right to Control, by location
Proportion of JSA and state pension applications completed online
The Department will also publish the key performance measures of its executive agencies and other operational measures
Data which will help people make informed choices:
Incomes and circumstances of UK private households, by gender, age, marital status, ethnicity, disability, region and housing tenure
Poverty rates, the income distribution, by customer group, by gender, age, marital status, ethnicity, disability and qualifications, regions and housing tenure, and income inequality
Labour market data on employment, unemployment (including long term unemployment), inactivity and workless households broken down by relevant characteristics
Indicators of progress towards disability equality
We publish a full range of datasets and our full departmental organogram on our website http://www.dwp.gov.uk/about-dwp/what-we-do/transparency/
DWP research http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/
DWP statistics page http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/
The DWP Tabulation Tool allows users to create their own detailed tables using the National Database that underpins DWP administrative caseload and client statistics http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=tabtool
National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/labour-market/index.html
National statistics geographic breakdowns www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp, www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
Publications and research are available publicly via: www.dwp.gov.uk/publications
Health and Safety statistics http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/index.htm