Percentage of people claiming key benefits as a proportion of the working age population. The information is derived from count data which are already held on the Neighbourhood Statistics website: Working Age Client Group (August 2004) provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Mid-2004 small area population estimates data provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data includes breakdowns by statistical group, gender and 3 bands of age (16-24, 25-49 and 50 and over). The small area population estimates used to derived the percentages are also included in the dataset.
Source: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Publisher: Neighbourhood Statistics
Geographies: Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National
Geographic coverage: England and Wales
Time coverage: 2001 to 2007
Type of data: Administrative data