Dataset: State Pension caseload
Description
Gender is taken from the State Pension (SP) benefit system.
Classification
Gender is applicable to: all claimants
Total number of categories: 3
Quality Statement
It is possible that errors can occur in the recording of gender (both on the form and inputting onto the computer system during the processing of the claim).
In order to make our statistics as accurate as possible, from February 2020 this field has been checked and verified using the Customer Information System database. The Customer Information System (CIS) is a computer system used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to store basic identifying information such as gender, addresses, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers and so on.