Dataset: Alternative Claimant Count - Off Flows
Description
Figures are standardised to control for 4 and 5 week counting periods.
Off-flows are defined as the number of people no longer claiming unemployment related benefits in month t, who were claiming in the previous month t-1.
Classification
For the Alternative Claimant Count, the series starts at January 2013 and continues to the latest date available.
Quality Statement
The statistics will be labelled as provisional (for the latest month) to assess subsequent retrospection. Guidance will be clear that revisions to the back-series may also be necessary on occasion. Months will be marked with either (r) or (p), which represent revised and provisional respectively. The latest month is provisional and will be subject to revision in subsequent releases. It is the expectation that the provisional figure will be within two per cent of its revised figure in future releases.