Welcome to Stat-Xplore
Stat-Xplore provides a guided way to explore DWP benefit statistics, currently holding data relating to a range of different benefits/programmes.
Using Stat-Xplore you can:
- Create customised tabulations.
- View results in interactive charts.
- Share outputs via social networking tools or download into common file formats.
The following video outlines some of the basic functionality available within Stat-Xplore (but note that not all the functionality is available unless you are a registered user, such as saving tables).
Published and upcoming releases
The latest update to Stat-Xplore datasets was on Thursday 29th May 2025 and included newer data released for Work and Health Programme statistics.
For all upcoming announced publications please visit the link "upcoming statistics in our statistics release calendar" which can be found in the Published and upcoming statistics section of the Statistics at DWP page.
Delays to Universal Credit and Benefit Sanction Decisions Statistics due to be published on 13th May 2025
The following datasets which were originally scheduled to be updated on Stat-Xplore for Tuesday 13th May 2025 have been delayed:
Changes have been made to the format of the Universal Credit Full Service (UCFS) data feed to provide improvements to the accuracy of Service Centre and Job Centre site information. These changes require substantial changes to the code used to produce these statistics, which it has not been possible to implement within the time frame for the production of each of these statistics.
For Benefit Sanction Statistics:
All UC Sanction Rate measures were published as expected on the 13th May 2025.
The UC Sanction Decisions measures has been delayed. Please see Benefit sanctions statistics for further updates. The Employment Programmes and Sanction Statistics Team will provide an update on progress no later than 9th June 2025.
For Universal Credit statistics:
The People on Universal Credit (Caseload) measure was published in the ODS tables, at a National level broken down by conditionality group, as expected on the 13th May 2025.
The remainder of the publication has been delayed. Please see Universal Credit statistics for further updates. The Universal Credit Official Statistics Team will provide an update on progress no later than 9th June 2025.
Why should I register?
Registering is optional, free and allows you to:
- Save Tables - registered users can save bespoke breakdowns of available data and redefine existing breakdowns to suit their specific requirements.
- Queue Large Tables - registered users can 'queue' the creation of large tables and come back later to check progress and download the results.
- Customise Fields - create customised variations of fields available in Stat-Xplore datasets.
- Stay Updated - registering also allows us to contact you with news about Stat-Xplore (maintenance, improvements, expansion of data etc)
If you do not wish to register you can still access Stat-Xplore and will be able to produce tables. However, you will not be able to produce tables containing a large number of cells, which must be sent to a remote server for analysis, and then returned to the specific user making the request. Guest users will also experience reduced functionality compared to registered users such as the registration benefits listed above – these require an account to enable this enhanced level of functionality as these functions need a personal area to save bespoke customisations to, and a personal account to return processed large tables to.