Dataset: Alternative Claimant Count - Off Flows

Field: Gender

Description

Gender of claimant as recorded on the Customer Information System (CIS).

Classification

For the Alternative Claimant Count, the following gender splits are available:

• Male
• Female

Total number of categories: 2

Quality Statement

The gender of claimant on the reference date (second Thursday in the month) is taken from the CIS. CIS is a more reliable source of information as it links to all of the DWP benefit systems and contains the most up to date information for each individual.

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