• Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) was introduced on 27th October 2008. There were around 426 thousand people claiming Employment and Support Allowance at the end of November 2009.
• The number of working age claimants of ESA and incapacity benefits totals 2.62 million in November 2009. This figure is 13 thousand higher than November 2008.
• The number of lone parents claiming Income Support (IS) decreased by 33 thousand to 696 thousand in the year to November 2009.
• At February 2010, the total number of people claiming Housing Benefit was 4.7 million, with 5.7 million claiming Council Tax Benefit.
• 3.62 million people had started on a New Deal programme up to February 2010. At November 2009, 2.29 million people have gained a job through the New Deal programme, with 118 thousand people gaining a job through Employment Zones up to January 2010.
• At November 2009, there were 12.6 million people of state pension age claiming a DWP benefit, an increase of 250 thousand since November 2008. Of these, 66% were claiming State Pension (SP) only.
• At November 2009, there were 12.45 million claimants of State Pension (SP), a rise of 258 thousand on a year earlier. Of these, 38% were male and 62% female.
• At November 2009, there were 2.74 million claimants of Pension Credit (3.35 million including partners), a rise of 3 thousand on the previous quarter. Of these, 953 thousand claimed Guarantee Credit only, 1.2 million claimed Guarantee and Savings Credit, and 578 thousand were claiming Savings Credit only.
• At the end of March 2010, the total Child Support Agency (CSA) live and assessed caseload stood at 1.15 million cases, of which 61% were current scheme cases.
• At November 2009, there were 3.12 million recipients of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), 527 thousand recipients of Carer's Allowance (CA), and 1.62 million recipients of Attendance Allowance (AA).

The link to the full press release is here.