Package 'xstatic'

name of a benefit dataset on Stat-Xplore (partial/regex works)

(optional) provide your own vector (list) of area codes for the query (don't use built-in lookup)

return data within an area at this level

return data within this area. defaults to ".*" (all)

return data at this level

use this source to lookup area codes at return_level within filter_area

If for some reason you need to pass a return_level that is different from the standard options, you will also need to pass a geo_level - an integer between 1 and 7, where 1 means "OA" and 7 refers to "country"

TRUE by default. Provides verbose commentary on the query process.

space to pass parameters to the helper function get_dwp_codes, mainly to do with the number of recent periods (months or quarters) to retrieve data for: provide 'periods_tail = n' (uses 1 - just return most recent period - by default); see also 'periods_head'; you can also tweak the query away from the default of Census geographies to Westminster constituencies, for example, where available, by providing a different value for 'geo_type'; you can also change the subset of data from the default by providing a different value for 'ds'.