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<p>Numbers of people claiming unemployment-related benefits by single year age band
are publicly available through the department’s Stat Xplore website.</p><p> </p><p>The
table below shows the number of people nationally aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years old
in the Universal Credit (UC) searching for work conditionality group – for people
claiming UC whom are closest to the labour market - in September and October 2020.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>September
2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>October 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p>861</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p>4630</p></td><td><p>4563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p>49828</p></td><td><p>51602</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p>70483</p></td><td><p>71766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>125795</p></td><td><p>128878</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The number of people nationally aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years old and are claiming
Jobseekers’ Allowance – a legacy unemployment-related benefit - are published quarterly
by DWP on Stat Xplore. However, the latest data available is May 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May
2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p>Negligible
or nil number of claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p>972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1450</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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