# United Kingdom Claimant Count : K02000001 : People : All ages : Up to 6 months : SA : Thousands (ended 2013) ()

United Kingdom Claimant Count : K02000001 : People : All ages : Up to 6 months : SA : Thousands (ended 2013) () was down 6.7% year on year in April 2013, compared with −7.6% in March 2013.
The level stood at 798.8 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.0% (Jun 2010) to 104.5% (Apr 2009), averaging 5.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.MEASURE-LE6M`
- 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-all-ages-up-to-6-months-sa-thousands

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| April 2013 | 798.8 thousands | −6.7 |
| March 2013 | 819.8 thousands | −7.6 |
| February 2013 | 837.9 thousands | −6.6 |
| January 2013 | 847.3 thousands | −7.1 |
| December 2012 | 859.3 thousands | −6.9 |
| November 2012 | 874.4 thousands | −7.0 |
| October 2012 | 878.5 thousands | −8.0 |
| September 2012 | 865.4 thousands | −12.7 |
| August 2012 | 856.5 thousands | −14.7 |
| July 2012 | 859.5 thousands | −14.8 |
| June 2012 | 863.3 thousands | −14.3 |
| May 2012 | 862.2 thousands | −13.6 |
| April 2012 | 856.2 thousands | −13.6 |
| March 2012 | 887.0 thousands | −8.8 |
| February 2012 | 896.8 thousands | −6.9 |
| January 2012 | 912.2 thousands | −5.5 |
| December 2011 | 923.3 thousands | −4.2 |
| November 2011 | 940.1 thousands | −1.5 |
| October 2011 | 954.6 thousands | 1.2 |
| September 2011 | 991.5 thousands | 6.0 |
| August 2011 | 1,004.6 thousands | 8.6 |
| July 2011 | 1,009.3 thousands | 10.6 |
| June 2011 | 1,007.9 thousands | 11.3 |
| May 2011 | 997.5 thousands | 9.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.MEASURE-LE6M"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.CLAIMS.M.SA.MEASURE-LE6M",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```