JSA & UC Briefings: Monthly Welfare Claim Reports for York, 2021/22

Monthly briefings on Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) and Universal Credit (UC) for the City of York, covering the 2021/22 period. The dataset consists of PDF documents published by the Government Digital Service. The underlying data is referenced via specific Key Performance Indicator (KPI) datasets.

Use Cases

• Track monthly changes in welfare claimant counts based on the briefing time series.
• Analyze local unemployment support trends for the City of York based on the geographic scope.
• Correlate JSA and UC claim dynamics based on the two benefit types covered.
• Reference detailed administrative data based on the linked KPI datasets mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific geographic area (City of York), enabling local analysis.
• Covers two major UK welfare benefits (JSA and UC) for comparative study.
• Links to four specific raw data KPI sources (CJGE06, CJGE07, CJGE08, CJGE151) for deeper investigation.

Limitations

• Data is provided in PDF format, which requires extraction for computational analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative records for monthly briefings.

Time Range

2021/22

Freshness

Covers the 2021/22 period; update frequency is monthly.

Geography

City of York, UK