Notes

Links

The set of links below is not quite the same as the usual list of relevant organisations.  Rather, it is a more specific set of links, each of which is directly relevant to the particular analyses in this website.

Income

Child Poverty Action Group report on poverty and disabled people
Equal Opportunity Commission's report on gender and poverty
Department of Work and Pensions reports on households below average income
Government report on trends in individual, as opposed to household, income
Institute of Fiscal Studies on the growth of incomes at the top of the income distribution
Institute for Fiscal Studies report on inequality under a Labour Government
Institute for Fiscal Studies report on the UK benefit system
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on routes out of poverty
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on households lacking essential items
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on the persistence of poverty across generations
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on poverty and ethnicity
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on gender inequalities within families
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on neighbourhood social regeneration
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on geographic patterns of poverty and wealth
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on the impact of uprating of tax and benefits on incomes and poverty
Leonard Cheshire Disability report on poverty and disability
Mayor of London report on income inequality in London
New Policy Institute report on council tax and older people
Council tax reform website
University of Leicester report on benefit take-up among pensioners
Family Budget Unit website
Department of Work and Pensions benefit statistics
Department of Work and Pensions benefit take-up statistics
The Pension Service website on Pension Credit
The Pension Service website on the additional (second) state pension
The Pension Service website on winter fuel payments
Winter fuel payments
Scottish Poverty Information Unit website
Northern Ireland benefit statistics
turn2us website (a charity that helps people access information on welfare benefits and charitable grants)
The money advice trust information hub

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Work

Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on changes in employment prospects over time
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on the role of education in providing opportunities for south asian women
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on youth unemployment in rural areas
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on young men and labour markets
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on job insecurity and work intensification
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on finding work in rural areas
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on housing and employment problems for young people in rural areas
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on the dynamics of employment in rural areas
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on pathways through unemployment
London School of Economics report on the causes and consequences of long-term unemployment
Cabinet Office report on ethnic minorities and the labour market
Equal Opportunity Commission's report on ethnic minority women and work
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on ethnic minorities and the labour market

Reform report on the New Deal for Young People
Office for National Statistics Labour Market Statistics
New Deal
Department of Work and Pensions New Deal statistics 
New Deal for the long-term unemployed
New Deal for young people
New Deal for the over 50s
New Deal for disabled people
New Deal for lone parents
New Deal for partners of unemployed people
Jobcentreplus guidance on New Deal for the long-term unemployed
Jobcentreplus guidance on New Deal for young people
Jobcentreplus guidance on New Deal for lone parents
Jobcentreplus guidance on New Deal for partners of unemployed people
Employment zones
Department of Work and Pensions evaluation of Employment Zones
Scottish Government's strategy for young people not in education, employment or training
Northern Ireland labour market statistics

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Low pay

Office for National Statistics low pay estimates
Equal Opportunity Commission's report women and work
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on the relationship between low pay and poverty
London School of Economics report on the gender pay gap
London School of Economics report on pay inequalities
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on how to address in-work poverty
New Policy Institute and Bevan Foundation report on in-work poverty in Wales
Women & Equality Unit report on the impact of women on pay
Women & Equality Unit report on pay for part-time work
Low Pay Commission website
Low Pay Commission annual reports on the national minimum wage
HM Revenue & Customs website on the national minimum wage
Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform website on the national minimum wage
HM Revenue & Customs website on tax credits
HM Revenue & Customs on the latest tax credit rates
HM Revenue & Customs tax credit statistics
HM Revenue & Customs estimates of the tax credit take-up
HM Treasury report on tax credits
HM Revenue & Customs website on child benefit
London Citizens website

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Education The English Department for Education is forever changing the locations of its various research reports.  As such, it is simply not possible to provide many links to these reports here.

Department for Education list of research publications
Department for Education review of the use of the Labour Force Survey when analysing qualifications
Department for Education school attendance website
Department for Education school attendance website - truancy sweeps
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion report on low educational achievement
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on low educational achievement
Leitch review of skills for HM Treasury
National Literacy Trust report on the link between poverty and exam results
New Policy Institute paper on skills
Education Maintenance Allowance
Scotland's Education Maintenance Allowance website
Northern Ireland education statistics
Welsh education reports
Welsh education statistics
Welsh national pupil database
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority website

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Health

Office for National Statistics Health Statistics Quarterly
Office for National Statistics key population and vital statistics
Office for National Statistics DR mortality statistics
Office for National Statistics child mortality statistics
Office for National Statistics definitions of social class
Department of Health programme for action on health inequalities
Department of Health health inequalities website
Department of Health mental health website
Department of Health progress report on its national suicide prevention strategy
Department of Health national service framework for coronary heart disease
UK anti-drugs strategy
SureStart website
ISD Scotland health statistics
General Register Office for Scotland statistics
Scotland's drugs strategy
Scotland's Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke strategy
Scottish Government national framework for the prevention of suicide
Scottish Government consultation on suicide
Public Health Institute of Scotland website
Public Health Institute of Scotland's document on suicides
Public Health Institute of Scotland report on health inequalities
Northern Ireland health statistics
Northern Ireland statistics on health inequalities
Northern Ireland demography statistics
BLISS report on low birthweight babies
Joseph Rowntree Report on teenage births
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on the impact of housing conditions on excess winter deaths
King's Fund report on the state of health services
Unicef report on child deaths
ESRC Health Variations Programme
National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse website
Association for the Study of Obesity website
National Obesity Forum website

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Housing

Department for Communities and Local Government housing statistics (live tables)
Scottish housing and homelessness statistics
Northern Ireland housing statistics
Department for Communities and Local Government housing strategy for England
Department for Communities and Local Government housing investment programme
Imperial College London report on the impact of poor housing
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on housing and neighbourhoods
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on home ownership and poverty
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on social housing in rural areas
Kate Barker report on housing supply
Shelter report on housing supply
Select Committee evidence on the supply of rented housing
English House Condition Survey annual reports
Department of Energy and Climate Change fuel poverty website.
English fuel poverty action plan
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs fuel poverty website
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Warm Front website
Energy Saving Trust evaluation of the Warm Front initiative
Warm Zones website
eaga partnership website
National Energy Action website
ofgem social action strategy
Scottish Government fuel poverty statement
FEANTSA website
Supporting People
UK Coalition on Older Homelessness report on local homelessness strategies
2001 Housing (Scotland) Act
2003 Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act
University of Glasgow paper on homelessness
Website on homelessness in Wales

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Crime

Crimeinfo discussion of the relationship between crime and social exclusion
Home Office Crime Reduction website
Home Office reducing burglary initiative
Home Office reducing burglary initiative evaluation
Youth Justice Board

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Services

Centre for Socially Inclusive Services report on financial services
Centrepoint report on debt among young people
Financial Services Authority report on financial issues and children
Help the Aged report on financial services and older people
HM Treasury report on promoting financial inclusion
HM Treasury report on access to financial services
New Policy Institute report on financial inclusion
New Policy Institute report on financial exclusion
New Policy Institute report on gateways to financial services
New Policy Institute report on mutuality in financial services
New Policy Institute report on financial services and young people
New Policy Institute report on information about pensions
Scottish Government credit union action plan
National Travel Survey reports
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on young people and transport in rural areas
Scottish Government analysis of the Scottish Household Survey regarding transport
University of East London report on women and transport
Wales Consumer Council report on gender and bus travel in Wales.
Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform site on bus grants
Department of Work and Pensions linkage initiative
Department of Work and Pensions linkage initiative - alternative offices
Department of Work and Pensions linkage initiative - joint teams
Department of Work and Pensions linkage initiative - partnership fund
Department of Work and Pensions linkage initiative - strategy report
Commission for Rural Communities State of the Countryside report
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website on rural affairs
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on social care in rural areas
Scottish Rural Poverty and Inclusion Working Group report on social exclusion in rural Scotland
Cabinet Office paper on satisfaction with public services
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion report on public services in deprived areas
Centre for Socially Inclusive Services
Centre for Socially Inclusive Services report on access to services

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Social cohesion

ESRC Centre for Neighbourhood Research report on neighbourhood dissatisfaction
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on neighbourhood dissatisfaction in England
Department for Communities and Local Government sustainable communities plan for England
Department for Communities and Local Government Neighbourhood Renewal Unit website
London School of Economics report on teenage motherhood
Nottingham University report on teenage motherhood
Unicef report on teenage motherhood
Department for Education - teenage pregnancy section
Office for National Statistics social trends 2002 (see chapter 13 on participation)
Scottish Government strategy for volunteering and community action
Scottish Government analysis of the Scottish Household Survey regarding volunteering
Robert Puttnam report on participation

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Children

Institute for Fiscal Studies report on policies to reduce child poverty
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on policies to reduce child poverty
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on whether current policies will reduce child poverty
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on child poverty in large families
Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on the experience of children in lo-income families towards money
Microsimulation Unit report on how current policies have impacted on child poverty
Unicef report on child poverty in rich nations
Unicef report on child poverty across industrialised nations
National evaluation of the Children's Fund website
National childcare strategy
Sure Start Maternity Grant

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Datasets

UK data archive
Annual Population Survey
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings
British Crime Survey.  An annual report is also published by the Home Office.
British Household Panel Survey
Continuous Household Survey (Northern Ireland)
English Housing Survey
Family Resources Survey
General Lifestyle Survey.  An annual report is also published by ONS.
Households Below Average Income.  An annual report is also published by DWP.
Health Survey for England
Labour Force Survey
Living Costs and Food Survey.  An annual report is also published by ONS.
National Travel Survey
Scottish Household Survey
Nomis (a wide variety of UK labour market statistics)
Department of Work and Pensions benefits database
Department of Work and Pensions neighbourhood statistics
English neighbourhood statistics
Scottish neighbourhood statistics
Small area population estimates for England and Wales
Small area population estimates for Scotland
Small area population estimates for Northern Ireland
Eurostat website (a wide variety of EU-wide statistics)
OECD statistics website (a wide variety of worldwide statistics)

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