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Poverty and deprivation · 2 measures

Alternative Claimant Count, 2013 to 2022

Part of Poverty and deprivation in Portsmouth

Each measure shows its latest figure, how it compares and its trend. The geography is named on every card.

Portsmouth

Alternative Claimant Count, 2013 to 2022

5,799 people August 2022

Down 22% since January 2013 (7,431).

Official statistics

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: How many Portsmouth residents would have counted as unemployment-benefit claimants if the rules had stayed the same before and after Universal Credit?

Alternative Claimant Count, 2013 to 2022

January 2013 to August 2022

Portsmouth · people

Reviewed figures: January 2013 to August 2022.

Shown on this chart: From January 2013 to August 2022, alternative Claimant Count, 2013 to 2022 fell by 22% in Portsmouth and fell by 33.5% in England.

Both places compared over January 2013 to August 2022, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth; England.

Actual values

PortsmouthEngland

Each line joins consecutive published observations for that place. Missing dates remain gaps.

Alternative Claimant Count, 2013 to 2022 · people
PeriodPortsmouthSouthamptonChichesterWinchesterSouth EastEngland
2022-085,799 people6,426 people1,893 people1,396 people153,628 people1,231,751 people
2022-075,803 people6,621 people1,903 people1,416 people154,383 people1,239,991 people
2022-065,827 people6,704 people1,920 people1,403 people156,849 people1,264,887 people
2022-055,986 people6,697 people1,919 people1,436 people160,798 people1,300,046 people
2022-046,160 people7,023 people1,994 people1,483 people166,344 people1,334,366 people
2022-036,447 people7,518 people2,125 people1,594 people175,796 people1,410,128 people
2022-026,652 people7,847 people2,252 people1,663 people183,686 people1,466,333 people
2022-016,702 people7,755 people2,271 people1,704 people184,696 people1,471,426 people
2021-126,640 people7,723 people2,301 people1,679 people184,867 people1,476,681 people
2021-116,788 people8,005 people2,336 people1,767 people193,981 people1,553,034 people
2021-107,079 people8,377 people2,459 people1,832 people202,150 people1,625,010 people
2021-097,363 people8,648 people2,499 people1,911 people209,948 people1,690,818 people
2021-087,896 people9,161 people2,670 people2,056 people224,812 people1,791,460 people
2021-078,341 people9,571 people2,816 people2,157 people236,229 people1,867,747 people
2021-068,546 people9,905 people2,867 people2,210 people244,525 people1,927,420 people
2021-059,166 people10,693 people3,137 people2,390 people268,053 people2,081,531 people
2021-049,998 people11,682 people3,445 people2,741 people293,156 people2,240,832 people
2021-0310,159 people11,873 people3,503 people2,813 people298,902 people2,280,314 people
2021-0210,261 people11,940 people3,498 people2,866 people301,629 people2,297,613 people
2021-019,778 people11,250 people3,354 people2,702 people286,100 people2,197,032 people
2020-129,937 people11,418 people3,395 people2,732 people292,931 people2,239,299 people
2020-1110,054 people11,607 people3,348 people2,768 people293,847 people2,253,931 people
2020-109,818 people11,556 people3,319 people2,720 people290,983 people2,232,145 people
2020-0910,095 people11,705 people3,516 people2,795 people300,689 people2,291,214 people
2020-0810,511 people11,982 people3,569 people2,820 people307,324 people2,332,907 people
2020-0710,315 people11,879 people3,584 people2,842 people301,749 people2,315,517 people
2020-0610,157 people11,877 people3,476 people2,805 people296,515 people2,305,429 people
2020-0510,691 people12,263 people3,656 people2,933 people310,167 people2,352,304 people
2020-048,088 people9,237 people2,703 people2,189 people217,994 people1,774,699 people
2020-034,842 people5,607 people1,581 people1,135 people132,007 people1,137,995 people
2020-024,827 people5,556 people1,502 people1,103 people130,653 people1,121,136 people
2020-014,631 people5,317 people1,438 people1,004 people126,109 people1,084,885 people
2019-124,485 people5,217 people1,418 people1,007 people123,992 people1,069,272 people
2019-114,412 people5,251 people1,419 people1,010 people123,559 people1,069,336 people
2019-104,288 people5,222 people1,404 people980 people122,584 people1,071,243 people
2019-094,290 people5,301 people1,375 people961 people121,790 people1,071,351 people
2019-084,201 people5,343 people1,369 people973 people121,233 people1,071,763 people
2019-074,160 people5,281 people1,375 people962 people121,397 people1,071,218 people
2019-064,180 people5,460 people1,376 people954 people121,730 people1,078,242 people
2019-054,132 people5,375 people1,346 people954 people120,525 people1,071,141 people
2019-044,073 people5,301 people1,346 people964 people121,549 people1,079,592 people
2019-034,045 people5,400 people1,442 people970 people122,182 people1,085,374 people
2019-023,993 people5,476 people1,340 people960 people121,438 people1,077,498 people
2019-013,813 people5,221 people1,256 people933 people116,528 people1,038,279 people
2018-123,767 people5,144 people1,229 people883 people114,700 people1,026,371 people
2018-113,794 people5,092 people1,187 people912 people114,042 people1,025,528 people
2018-103,923 people5,004 people1,178 people934 people113,778 people1,029,672 people
2018-093,884 people5,056 people1,202 people937 people113,340 people1,031,661 people
2018-083,882 people4,967 people1,264 people901 people114,015 people1,039,078 people
2018-073,895 people5,036 people1,282 people918 people114,474 people1,040,434 people
2018-063,929 people5,119 people1,310 people930 people115,703 people1,051,327 people
2018-053,969 people5,091 people1,338 people948 people117,274 people1,062,632 people
2018-043,957 people5,462 people1,326 people931 people119,710 people1,083,849 people
2018-034,054 people4,898 people1,411 people924 people117,836 people1,062,808 people
2018-023,967 people4,842 people1,299 people902 people116,779 people1,046,235 people
2018-013,804 people4,604 people1,278 people912 people113,385 people1,018,548 people
2017-123,764 people4,523 people1,240 people911 people112,428 people1,015,315 people
2017-113,766 people4,522 people1,225 people896 people112,741 people1,019,892 people
2017-103,771 people4,535 people1,203 people898 people112,556 people1,022,452 people
2017-093,764 people4,536 people1,227 people883 people113,296 people1,031,629 people
2017-083,855 people4,558 people1,245 people897 people114,879 people1,044,565 people
2017-073,933 people4,579 people1,250 people913 people116,083 people1,052,609 people
2017-064,015 people4,463 people1,302 people902 people117,653 people1,066,772 people
2017-054,084 people4,531 people1,327 people917 people118,750 people1,076,908 people
2017-044,093 people4,483 people1,328 people913 people119,574 people1,083,125 people
2017-034,035 people4,621 people1,294 people883 people119,596 people1,081,858 people
2017-023,928 people4,552 people1,257 people893 people117,683 people1,063,601 people
2017-013,813 people4,290 people1,236 people868 people113,491 people1,031,004 people
2016-123,751 people4,398 people1,232 people882 people114,558 people1,038,074 people
2016-113,763 people4,428 people1,196 people895 people114,492 people1,048,261 people
2016-103,723 people4,537 people1,224 people939 people115,410 people1,059,412 people
2016-093,713 people4,536 people1,216 people927 people114,778 people1,063,749 people
2016-083,761 people4,633 people1,281 people975 people115,467 people1,064,966 people
2016-073,831 people4,747 people1,296 people976 people117,005 people1,078,050 people
2016-063,839 people4,895 people1,295 people967 people117,830 people1,085,577 people
2016-053,994 people5,027 people1,332 people975 people119,935 people1,100,822 people
2016-044,072 people5,064 people1,315 people970 people121,007 people1,112,430 people
2016-034,145 people5,079 people1,328 people969 people121,627 people1,117,553 people
2016-024,166 people5,027 people1,327 people989 people120,910 people1,104,719 people
2016-014,049 people4,841 people1,281 people935 people117,714 people1,077,753 people
2015-123,966 people4,774 people1,254 people901 people116,237 people1,070,671 people
2015-114,031 people4,785 people1,233 people880 people116,789 people1,082,407 people
2015-104,087 people4,760 people1,222 people892 people116,731 people1,093,486 people
2015-094,143 people4,812 people1,237 people882 people117,738 people1,108,232 people
2015-084,315 people4,963 people1,299 people895 people120,573 people1,129,860 people
2015-074,354 people4,966 people1,303 people908 people121,889 people1,137,002 people
2015-064,452 people5,077 people1,314 people951 people124,408 people1,153,618 people
2015-054,711 people5,180 people1,345 people966 people127,881 people1,179,805 people
2015-044,862 people5,237 people1,373 people972 people130,762 people1,196,360 people
2015-034,999 people5,347 people1,436 people996 people134,215 people1,195,651 people
2015-024,991 people5,395 people1,498 people976 people136,087 people1,214,888 people
2015-014,896 people5,172 people1,490 people947 people132,170 people1,189,829 people
2014-124,962 people5,242 people1,480 people982 people132,212 people1,201,061 people
2014-115,027 people5,474 people1,489 people1,040 people135,002 people1,233,313 people
2014-105,079 people5,576 people1,472 people1,063 people137,105 people1,267,343 people
2014-095,155 people5,589 people1,480 people1,052 people140,377 people1,301,241 people
2014-085,256 people5,776 people1,538 people1,091 people145,398 people1,344,952 people
2014-075,398 people6,070 people1,570 people1,137 people149,069 people1,379,626 people
2014-065,579 people6,297 people1,624 people1,162 people154,058 people1,423,513 people
2014-055,812 people6,655 people1,721 people1,242 people161,509 people1,483,174 people
2014-045,979 people6,936 people1,810 people1,381 people166,785 people1,526,340 people
2014-036,241 people7,115 people2,036 people1,326 people172,655 people1,575,139 people
2014-026,359 people7,226 people1,942 people1,367 people175,719 people1,600,654 people
2014-016,270 people6,699 people1,872 people1,323 people171,730 people1,561,860 people
2013-126,266 people7,065 people1,860 people1,319 people171,788 people1,567,417 people
2013-116,429 people7,298 people1,863 people1,366 people175,388 people1,603,493 people
2013-106,473 people7,324 people1,875 people1,412 people178,907 people1,645,043 people
2013-096,532 people7,401 people1,925 people1,450 people182,936 people1,683,004 people
2013-086,853 people7,607 people1,983 people1,482 people189,298 people1,729,060 people
2013-076,992 people7,802 people1,983 people1,501 people192,828 people1,759,895 people
2013-067,201 people8,092 people2,003 people1,523 people197,080 people1,790,937 people
2013-057,534 people8,322 people2,069 people1,568 people203,027 people1,832,148 people
2013-047,626 people8,622 people2,194 people1,619 people209,053 people1,865,022 people
2013-037,831 people8,685 people2,322 people1,646 people214,575 people1,907,092 people
2013-027,839 people8,673 people2,300 people1,642 people213,246 people1,909,497 people
2013-017,431 people8,368 people2,235 people1,625 people207,661 people1,853,063 people

Definition: DWP Alternative Claimant Count: people on Jobseeker's Allowance plus people on Universal Credit who are searching for work, plus an estimate ("additionals") of people who would have been required to look for work had the old benefit rules still applied. DWP built it to give a count with the same coverage before and after Universal Credit. From DWP Stat-Xplore, 2011 census-based geography. Ended August 2022.

  • DWP stopped this series: its final release (11 October 2022) covers January 2013 to August 2022, and the figures are not updated. Use the ONS claimant count on this page for recent months.
  • Part of the count (the "additionals") is modelled by DWP, not a count of individual claims.
  • It is designed to remove the Universal Credit effect from the claimant count, so it can be compared across years more safely than the ONS claimant count.
  • Not seasonally adjusted. DWP's own headline figures were seasonally adjusted, so they differ slightly from these.

Series breaks: 2022-08: Series ends: DWP's final release (October 2022) covers up to August 2022.

Department for Work and Pensions: Stat-Xplore: Alternative Claimant Count ↗ · Monthly, closed series; final release 11 October 2022; last month on Stat-Xplore August 2022. Response SHA-256 prefixes by place: E06000044 950eec093917; E06000045 d3c9d7468ca4; E07000225 bb1bed55ff35; E07000094 de10e262bf13; E07000123 09e7966d7959; E06000010 1f252ed95733; E12000008 21aaad7f187e; E92000001 09b0ab43ce5b (source.sha256 is Portsmouth's) · retrieved 2026-11-09

Portsmouth

Alternative Claimant Count, share of residents aged 16 to 64, 2013 to 2022

4.1% August 2022

0.7 percentage points higher than England (3.4%).

Down 1.2 percentage points since January 2013 (5.3%).

Official statistics

Trend, comparison and definition

What this answers: What share of Portsmouth residents aged 16 to 64 were in the Alternative Claimant Count?

Alternative Claimant Count, share of residents aged 16 to 64, 2013 to 2022

January 2013 to August 2022

Portsmouth · %

Reviewed figures: January 2013 to August 2022.

Shown on this chart: From January 2013 to August 2022, alternative Claimant Count, share of residents aged 16 to 64, 2013 to 2022 fell by 1.2 percentage points in Portsmouth and fell by 2 percentage points in England.

Both places compared over January 2013 to August 2022, using matching published dates.

Compared areas: Portsmouth; England.

Actual values

PortsmouthEngland

Each line joins consecutive published observations for that place. Missing dates remain gaps.

Alternative Claimant Count, share of residents aged 16 to 64, 2013 to 2022 · % of residents aged 16-64
PeriodPortsmouthSouthamptonChichesterWinchesterSouth EastEngland
2022-084.1%3.7%2.6%1.8%2.6%3.4%
2022-074.1%3.8%2.6%1.8%2.7%3.4%
2022-064.1%3.9%2.7%1.8%2.7%3.5%
2022-054.2%3.9%2.7%1.8%2.8%3.6%
2022-044.4%4%2.8%1.9%2.9%3.7%
2022-034.6%4.3%2.9%2%3%3.9%
2022-024.7%4.5%3.1%2.1%3.2%4.1%
2022-014.8%4.5%3.1%2.1%3.2%4.1%
2021-124.8%4.6%3.2%2.1%3.2%4.1%
2021-114.9%4.7%3.3%2.3%3.4%4.4%
2021-105.1%5%3.4%2.3%3.5%4.6%
2021-095.3%5.1%3.5%2.4%3.6%4.7%
2021-085.7%5.4%3.7%2.6%3.9%5%
2021-076%5.7%4%2.8%4.1%5.2%
2021-066.1%5.9%4%2.8%4.2%5.4%
2021-056.6%6.3%4.4%3%4.7%5.8%
2021-047.2%6.9%4.8%3.5%5.1%6.3%
2021-037.3%7%4.9%3.6%5.2%6.4%
2021-027.4%7.1%4.9%3.7%5.2%6.5%
2021-017%6.7%4.7%3.4%5%6.2%
2020-127.1%6.7%4.8%3.6%5.1%6.3%
2020-117.1%6.8%4.8%3.6%5.1%6.4%
2020-107%6.8%4.7%3.5%5.1%6.3%
2020-097.2%6.9%5%3.6%5.3%6.5%
2020-087.5%7.1%5.1%3.7%5.4%6.6%
2020-077.3%7%5.1%3.7%5.3%6.5%
2020-067.2%7%4.9%3.6%5.2%6.5%
2020-057.6%7.2%5.2%3.8%5.4%6.6%
2020-045.7%5.4%3.8%2.8%3.8%5%
2020-033.4%3.3%2.2%1.5%2.3%3.2%
2020-023.4%3.3%2.1%1.4%2.3%3.2%
2020-013.3%3.1%2%1.3%2.2%3.1%
2019-123.2%3.1%2%1.3%2.2%3%
2019-113.1%3.1%2%1.3%2.2%3%
2019-103%3.1%2%1.3%2.2%3%
2019-093%3.1%2%1.3%2.1%3%
2019-083%3.1%2%1.3%2.1%3%
2019-072.9%3.1%2%1.3%2.1%3%
2019-062.9%3.2%2%1.3%2.1%3%
2019-052.9%3.2%1.9%1.3%2.1%3%
2019-042.9%3.1%1.9%1.3%2.1%3%
2019-032.8%3.2%2.1%1.3%2.1%3.1%
2019-022.8%3.2%1.9%1.3%2.1%3%
2019-012.7%3.1%1.8%1.2%2%2.9%
2018-122.6%3%1.7%1.2%2%2.9%
2018-112.7%3%1.7%1.2%2%2.9%
2018-102.8%2.9%1.7%1.2%2%2.9%
2018-092.7%2.9%1.7%1.2%2%2.9%
2018-082.7%2.9%1.8%1.2%2%2.9%
2018-072.7%2.9%1.8%1.2%2%2.9%
2018-062.8%3%1.9%1.2%2%3%
2018-052.8%3%1.9%1.3%2.1%3%
2018-042.8%3.2%1.9%1.2%2.1%3.1%
2018-032.8%2.8%2%1.2%2.1%3%
2018-022.8%2.8%1.8%1.2%2.1%3%
2018-012.7%2.7%1.8%1.2%2%2.9%
2017-122.6%2.6%1.8%1.2%2%2.9%
2017-112.6%2.6%1.7%1.2%2%2.9%
2017-102.6%2.6%1.7%1.2%2%2.9%
2017-092.6%2.6%1.8%1.2%2%2.9%
2017-082.7%2.6%1.8%1.2%2%3%
2017-072.8%2.7%1.8%1.2%2%3%
2017-062.8%2.6%1.9%1.2%2.1%3%
2017-052.9%2.6%1.9%1.2%2.1%3.1%
2017-042.9%2.6%1.9%1.2%2.1%3.1%
2017-032.8%2.7%1.8%1.2%2.1%3.1%
2017-022.8%2.6%1.8%1.2%2.1%3%
2017-012.7%2.5%1.8%1.1%2%2.9%
2016-122.6%2.6%1.8%1.2%2%3%
2016-112.7%2.6%1.7%1.2%2%3%
2016-102.6%2.6%1.8%1.2%2%3%
2016-092.6%2.6%1.8%1.2%2%3%
2016-082.7%2.7%1.9%1.3%2%3%
2016-072.7%2.8%1.9%1.3%2.1%3.1%
2016-062.7%2.9%1.9%1.3%2.1%3.1%
2016-052.8%2.9%1.9%1.3%2.1%3.1%
2016-042.9%3%1.9%1.3%2.1%3.2%
2016-032.9%3%1.9%1.3%2.2%3.2%
2016-022.9%2.9%1.9%1.3%2.1%3.2%
2016-012.9%2.8%1.9%1.2%2.1%3.1%
2015-122.8%2.8%1.8%1.2%2.1%3.1%
2015-112.9%2.8%1.8%1.2%2.1%3.1%
2015-102.9%2.8%1.8%1.2%2.1%3.1%
2015-093%2.9%1.8%1.2%2.1%3.2%
2015-083.1%2.9%1.9%1.2%2.2%3.2%
2015-073.1%2.9%1.9%1.2%2.2%3.3%
2015-063.2%3%1.9%1.3%2.2%3.3%
2015-053.4%3.1%2%1.3%2.3%3.4%
2015-043.5%3.1%2%1.3%2.3%3.4%
2015-033.6%3.2%2.1%1.3%2.4%3.4%
2015-023.6%3.2%2.2%1.3%2.4%3.5%
2015-013.5%3.1%2.2%1.3%2.4%3.4%
2014-123.6%3.2%2.2%1.3%2.4%3.5%
2014-113.6%3.3%2.2%1.4%2.4%3.6%
2014-103.7%3.4%2.2%1.4%2.5%3.7%
2014-093.7%3.4%2.2%1.4%2.5%3.8%
2014-083.8%3.5%2.3%1.5%2.6%3.9%
2014-073.9%3.7%2.3%1.5%2.7%4%
2014-064%3.8%2.4%1.6%2.8%4.1%
2014-054.2%4%2.5%1.7%2.9%4.3%
2014-044.3%4.2%2.7%1.9%3%4.4%
2014-034.5%4.3%3%1.8%3.1%4.6%
2014-024.6%4.4%2.9%1.8%3.2%4.6%
2014-014.5%4%2.8%1.8%3.1%4.5%
2013-124.5%4.3%2.8%1.8%3.1%4.5%
2013-114.6%4.4%2.8%1.9%3.2%4.7%
2013-104.7%4.4%2.8%1.9%3.2%4.8%
2013-094.7%4.5%2.8%2%3.3%4.9%
2013-084.9%4.6%2.9%2%3.4%5%
2013-075%4.7%2.9%2%3.5%5.1%
2013-065.2%4.9%3%2.1%3.6%5.2%
2013-055.4%5%3.1%2.1%3.7%5.3%
2013-045.5%5.2%3.2%2.2%3.8%5.4%
2013-035.6%5.3%3.4%2.2%3.9%5.5%
2013-025.6%5.3%3.4%2.2%3.9%5.5%
2013-015.3%5.1%3.3%2.2%3.8%5.4%

Definition: DWP Alternative Claimant Count: people on Jobseeker's Allowance plus people on Universal Credit who are searching for work, plus an estimate ("additionals") of people who would have been required to look for work had the old benefit rules still applied. DWP built it to give a count with the same coverage before and after Universal Credit. From DWP Stat-Xplore, 2011 census-based geography. Ended August 2022. Divided by the ONS mid-year population aged 16-64 for the same calendar year (Nomis NM_2002_1, fetched in this script); DWP does not publish a rate. Months after the latest published population year are blank.

  • DWP stopped this series: its final release (11 October 2022) covers January 2013 to August 2022, and the figures are not updated. Use the ONS claimant count on this page for recent months.
  • Part of the count (the "additionals") is modelled by DWP, not a count of individual claims.
  • It is designed to remove the Universal Credit effect from the claimant count, so it can be compared across years more safely than the ONS claimant count.
  • Not seasonally adjusted. DWP's own headline figures were seasonally adjusted, so they differ slightly from these.
  • Not the same as the ONS claimant count rate on this page, which uses different rules. Do not compare the two lines directly.
  • DWP's published headline rate used its own population base, so this computed rate can differ slightly from DWP's.
  • Population source: Population estimates - local authority based by single year of age (NM_2002_1), Mid-year estimates 2013 to 2025 as held on Nomis at retrieval; sha256 dae531f074a8.

Series breaks: 2022-08: Series ends: DWP's final release (October 2022) covers up to August 2022.

Department for Work and Pensions: Stat-Xplore: Alternative Claimant Count ↗ · Monthly, closed series; final release 11 October 2022; last month on Stat-Xplore August 2022. Response SHA-256 prefixes by place: E06000044 950eec093917; E06000045 d3c9d7468ca4; E07000225 bb1bed55ff35; E07000094 de10e262bf13; E07000123 09e7966d7959; E06000010 1f252ed95733; E12000008 21aaad7f187e; E92000001 09b0ab43ce5b (source.sha256 is Portsmouth's) · retrieved 2026-11-09

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