I propose to take Questions Nos. 1380 and 1381 together.
It is not possible to provide statistics on the number of customers who have been in receipt of a jobseeker's payment at different points over a number of years. The system used to make jobseekers payments only records the current claim while previous claims for the same person are archived. A complete claim history for each individual is not readily available and could only be produced by accessing each customer's and former customer's record on the system individually. If there has been a break in claim and the claim was closed, for whatever reason, the system will only record the current claim. An example of such cases would be where a claimant exhausts their Jobseeker's Benefit after 12 months and moves directly to Jobseeker's Allowance.
The following table is based on live claims at 25th September 2010 and only takes the current claim into account.
Duration in Years
|
Number
|
Less than 1
|
234,922
|
Between 1 and 2
|
110,973
|
Between 2 and 3
|
33,653
|
Between 3 and 4
|
14,597
|
Between 4 and 5
|
9,267
|
Between 5 and 6
|
6,764
|
Between 6 and 7
|
4,954
|
Between 7 and 8
|
3,671
|
Between 8 and 9
|
2,658
|
Between 9 and 10
|
2,006
|