# United Kingdom Claimant Count : K02000001 : People : 50+ yrs : Over 12 Months : SA : Thousands (ended 2013) ()

United Kingdom Claimant Count : K02000001 : People : 50+ yrs : Over 12 Months : SA : Thousands (ended 2013) () was up 20.2% year on year in April 2013, compared with 27.2% in March 2013.
The level stood at 97.10 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since November 2011.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −46.2% (Jul 2008) to 109.1% (Jan 2010), averaging 12.1%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.AGE-50P.MEASURE-OVER12M`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1997-04-01 to 2013-04-01 (193 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/claimant-count-k02000001-people-50-yrs-over-12-months-sa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| April 2013 | 97.10 thousands | 20.2 |
| March 2013 | 96.80 thousands | 27.2 |
| February 2013 | 95.60 thousands | 32.8 |
| January 2013 | 94.20 thousands | 37.3 |
| December 2012 | 93.40 thousands | 43.9 |
| November 2012 | 92.10 thousands | 49.5 |
| October 2012 | 91.60 thousands | 55.5 |
| September 2012 | 90.70 thousands | 62.3 |
| August 2012 | 89.50 thousands | 66.4 |
| July 2012 | 87.80 thousands | 70.2 |
| June 2012 | 86.00 thousands | 73.7 |
| May 2012 | 82.90 thousands | 68.5 |
| April 2012 | 80.80 thousands | 63.6 |
| March 2012 | 76.10 thousands | 51.6 |
| February 2012 | 72.00 thousands | 40.1 |
| January 2012 | 68.60 thousands | 30.7 |
| December 2011 | 64.90 thousands | 21.1 |
| November 2011 | 61.60 thousands | 12.2 |
| October 2011 | 58.90 thousands | 4.4 |
| September 2011 | 55.90 thousands | −2.4 |
| August 2011 | 53.80 thousands | −6.9 |
| July 2011 | 51.60 thousands | −11.2 |
| June 2011 | 49.50 thousands | −14.7 |
| May 2011 | 49.20 thousands | −15.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.AGE-50P.MEASURE-OVER12M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.AGE-50P.MEASURE-OVER12M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```