Dataset: State Pension caseload
Description
Quarter is the period in which the data is taken from the administrative system.
Quarterly figures refer to the number of State Pension (SP) claims in payment on the SP system at the end of the reporting months: February, May, August and November.
Quarterly figures are not subject to retrospection. Delayed and deferred claims are not recorded until they are actually in payment.
Classification
Applicable to: all quarters from May 2002 to the latest available quarter.
The number of categories will increase each release with the addition of the latest quarterly data.