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<p>On 25<sup>th</sup> June 2015 the Department for Work and Pensions published the
report “Income-related benefits: Estimates of take-up in 2013/14 (experimental)”.
The full report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-201314"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-201314</a></p><p>For
Great Britain, the following estimates are available for 2013/14:</p><ul><li>Income
Support, and Employment and Support Allowance: between 510,000 and 650,000 benefit
units are estimated as not claiming Income Support, and Employment and Support Allowance,
an unclaimed caseload proportion of 19% to 23%, and estimated to be valued between
£2.43 billion and £3.25 billion unclaimed;</li><li>Pension Credit: between 1.24 million
and 1.43 million benefit units are estimated as not claiming Pension Credit to which
they are entitled, an unclaimed caseload proportion of 36% to 39%, and estimated to
be valued between £2.48 billion and £3.26 billion unclaimed;</li><li>Housing Benefit:
between 1.11 million and 1.3 million benefit units are estimated as not claiming Housing
Benefit, an unclaimed proportion of 18% to 21%, and estimated to be valued between
£3.16 billion and £4.1 billion unclaimed; and</li><li>Jobseeker's Allowance: between
650,000 and 820,000 are estimated as not claiming Jobseeker’s, an unclaimed proportion
of 39% to 45%, and estimated to be valued between £1.99 billion and £2.62 billion
unclaimed.</li></ul>
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