Benefit Leavers Survey, 2003

The Benefit Leavers Surveys began in 2002-2003. The series aims to provide data on the destinations of working-age benefit leavers. At present, information on destinations is collected for Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) recipients, but not for other benefit leavers. This research therefore aims to provide the equivalent information for them via survey data collection.<br><br>The specific objectives of the research series are as follows:<br><li>to produce data that are comparable as possible with the future administrative solution (specifically, this involves the collection of information on immediate destination after leaving the benefit, details on hours and earnings where the destination is work, current activity at time of interview), and demographic information not already held administratively;</li><br><li>to provide data for a large and representative sample of leavers in particular client groups;</li><br><li>to provide input into the design of the administrative data collection exercise.</li>