Notes
What is new
December 2007
Our latest annual UK-wide report was published on 3rd December. Links to some of the media coverage are given below.
- Guardian
- Guardian
- Independent
- Times
- Telegraph
- Telegraph
- Daily Mail
- Financial Times
- BBC online
- BBC online
- Channel 4 news
- Sky news
Spreadsheets with selected statistics at the local authority district, ward and upper tier levels are now available on the geography page. Also available from that page are some interactive maps which allow the data to be viewed at high resolution, with the scale and focus chosen by the user.
Updated UK indicators
- Low birthweight babies (first two graphs).
- Educational attainment at age 11 (fourth graph).
- Young adults with a criminal record (second graph).
- blue collar jobs (second and third graphs).
- Help to live at home (second and third graphs).
- Fuel poverty (all graphs).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Destination of school leavers (all graphs).
- blue collar jobs (second, third and fourth graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- Low birthweight babies (second graph).
- blue collar jobs (second, third and fourth graphs).
- Dissatisfaction with local area (second graph).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- Premature death (all graphs).
Updated rural England indicators
- Educational attainment at age 11 (all graphs).
- Help to live at home (all graphs).
- Fuel poverty (all graphs).
In addition, all the low pay graphs have been updated to use a low pay threshold of £7 per hour rather than £6.50.
November 2007
Updated UK indicators
- Children in workless households (fifth graph).
- Children with a criminal record (all graphs).
- Without a basic qualification at age 19 (fifth graph).
- Young adults with a criminal record (first graph).
- Young adult low pay (first four graphs).
- Workless households (third graph).
- Numbers in low pay (all graphs).
- Location of low pay (all graphs).
- Pay inequalities (all graphs).
- Excess winter deaths (all graphs).
- Anxiety among older people (all graphs).
- Without home contents insurance (first graph).
- Victims of crime (fourth graph).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Low pay by gender (all graphs).
- Location of low pay (all graphs).
- Pay inequalities (all graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- Educational attainment at age 11 (first graph).
- Educational attainment at age 16 (fourth graph).
- Low pay by gender (all graphs).
- Location of low pay (all graphs).
- Pay inequalities (all graphs).
- Limiting longstanding illness (first graph).
- Excess winter deaths (all graphs).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- Location of low income (all graphs and maps).
- Working-age recipients of out-of-work benefits (first, fourth and fifth graphs plus map).
- Long-term working-age recipients of out-of-work benefits (first graph).
- Location of low pay (second graph).
- Pay inequalities (all graphs).
Updated rural England indicators
- Low pay (all graphs).
- Anxiety among older people (all graphs).
- Dissatisfaction with local area (second graph).
- Victims of crime (all graphs).
Updated European Union indicators
- Regional cohesion (all graphs).
- Long-term unemployment rate (all graphs).
- Jobless households (all graphs).
- Young adults not in education or training (all graphs).
- Life expectancy at birth (all graphs).
October 2007
Updated UK indicators
- Educational attainment at age 16 (first two graphs).
- Wanting paid work (map).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Underage pregnancies (all graphs).
- Wanting paid work (fourth graph and map).
- Excess winter deaths (first graph).
- Homelessness (all graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- Education attainment at age 16 (first graph).
- Wanting paid work (fourth graph and map).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- In receipt of out-of-work benefits (second and third graphs).
- In long-term receipt of out-of-work benefits (second graph).
Updated rural England indicators
- Educational attainment at age 16 (all graphs).
- Young adult unemployment (all graphs).
- Wanting paid work (all graphs).
- Access to training (all graphs).
- Without a qualification (all graphs).
September 2007
Updated UK indicators
- Looked-after children (first and third graphs).
- Non-take-up of benefits (first two graphs).
- Without home contents insurance (second graph).
- Housing benefit (first graph).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Victims of crime (first two graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- Educational attainment at age 11 (second graph).
- Access to primary care (all graphs).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- Daily living allowance recipients (first graph).
- Not in education, employment or training (fourth graph).
- Homelessness (all graphs).
Updated rural England indicators
- Numbers in low income (all graphs).
- Low income by family type (all graphs).
- Income inequalities (all graphs).
- Children in low income (all graphs).
- Low income by work status (all graphs).
- Pensioners in low income (all graphs).
- Older people with no private income (all graphs).
- Without a bank account (all graphs).
- Polarisation by housing tenure (second graph).
August 2007
Updated UK indicators
- Premature deaths (first two graphs).
- Ability to travel (first, third and fifth graphs).
- Lacking essential items (first graph).
- Out-of-work benefit recipients (all graphs).
- Long-term out-of-work benefit recipients (all graphs).
- Out-of-work benefit levels (third and fourth graphs).
- Concentration of poor children (all graphs).
- Children with a criminal record (all graphs).
- Not in education, employment or training (third and fourth graphs).
- Low income by age (working age) (all graphs).
- Concentrations of low income (all graphs).
- Not contributing to a pension (second and third graphs).
- Without a bank account (all graphs).
- Non-decent homes (all graphs).
- Energy-inefficient homes (all graphs).
- Unmet housing need (first graph).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Premature deaths (first two graphs).
- Location of low income (all graphs).
- Lacking essential items (all graphs).
- Out-of-work benefit recipients (all graphs).
- Long-term out-of-work benefit recipients (all graphs).
- Infant deaths (all graphs).
- Concentrations of low income (all graphs).
- Not contributing to a pension (second and third graphs).
- Without a bank account (all graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- Premature deaths (all graphs).
- Location of low income (all graphs).
- Out-of-work benefit recipients (all graphs).
- Long-term out-of-work benefit recipients (all graphs).
- Concentrations of low income (all graphs).
- Not contributing to a pension (second and third graphs).
- Without a bank account (all graphs).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- Numbers in low income (fourth graph).
- Not contributing to a pension (second and third graphs).
- Without a bank account (all graphs).
Updated rural England indicators
- Premature deaths (all graphs).
- Out-of-work benefit recipients (all graphs).
- Underage pregnancies (all graphs).
- Non-decent homes (all graphs).
- Energy-inefficient homes (all graphs).
July 2007
Updated UK indicators
- School exclusions (all graphs).
- Looked-after children (all graphs).
- Young adult drug misuse (all graphs).
- blue collar jobs (first and fourth graphs).
- Mental health (all graphs).
- Obesity (all graphs).
- Unmet housing need (all graphs).
- Victims of crime (first three graphs and the fifth graph).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Young adult suicides (all graphs).
- blue collar jobs (first graph).
- Premature death (third and fifth graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- blue collar jobs (first and fifth graphs).
- Homelessness (fifth graph).
- Victims of crime (all graphs).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- blue collar jobs (first five graphs).
- Childcare provision (first graph).
Updated rural England indicators
- School exclusions (all graphs).
Updated European Union indicators
- Long-term unemployment (all graphs).
- Long-term unemployment share (all graphs).
- Very long-term unemployment (all graphs).
June 2007
Updated UK indicators
- Numbers in low income (first three graphs).
- Location of low income (first graph).
- The impact of housing costs (all graphs).
- Low income by age group (all graphs).
- Low income by family type (all graphs).
- Low income and ethnicity (all graphs).
- Low income and gender (all graphs).
- Overall income inequalities (all graphs).
- Lacking consumer durables (all graphs).
- Tax credits (third graph).
- Low income and children (all graphs).
- Children in receipt of tax credits (all graphs).
- Low income and young adults (all graphs).
- Low income by work status (all graphs).
- Low income and disability (all graphs).
- Low income and Council Tax (all graphs).
- Insecure at work (first graph).
- Low income and older people (all graphs).
- Pensioners with no private income (first graph).
- Help from social services (first graph).
- Low income by housing tenure (first graph).
- Homelessness (third, fourth and fifth graphs).
- Housing Benefit (second graph).
- Non-participation (all graphs).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Numbers in low income (all graphs).
- Low income by age group (all graphs).
- Low income by family type (all graphs).
- Overall income inequalities (all graphs).
- Lacking consumer durables (all graphs).
- Low income and children (all graphs).
- Concentrations of poor children (all graphs).
- Low income by work status (all graphs).
- Insecure at work (first graph).
- Mental health (first graph).
- Low income and older people (all graphs).
- Pensioners with no private income (first graph).
Updated Wales indicators
- Numbers in low income (all graphs).
- Low income by age group (all graphs).
- Low income by family type (all graphs).
- Overall income inequalities (all graphs).
- Lacking consumer durables (all graphs).
- Low income and children (all graphs).
- Low income by work status (all graphs).
- Insecure at work (first graph).
- Mental health (first graph).
- Low income and older people (all graphs).
- Pensioners with no private income (first graph).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- Numbers in low income (first three graphs).
- Low income by age group (all graphs).
- Low income by family type (all graphs).
- Low income and children (all graphs).
- Educational attainment at age 16 (all graphs).
- Not in education, employment or training (third graph).
- Low income by work status (all graphs).
- Low income and disability (all graphs).
- Mental health (first graph).
- Low income and older people (first two graphs).
- Pensioners with no private income (first graph).
May 2007
Updated UK indicators
- Out-of-work benefit levels (first and second graphs).
- Not in education, employment or training (first and second graphs).
- Limiting long-standing illness/disability (working age) (first two graphs).
- Limiting long-standing illness/disability (older people) (first two graphs).
- Overcrowding (first graph).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Not in education, employment or training (all graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- Not in education, employment or training (first and second graphs).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- Concentrations of poor children (all graphs).
- Not in education, employment or training (first and second graphs).
April 2007
Updated UK indicators
- In receipt of tax credits (first and second graphs).
- Children in workless households (first four graphs).
- Infant deaths (all graphs).
- Childrens' dental health (second graph).
- Underage pregnancies (second graph).
- Educational attainment at 16 (seventh graph).
- Young adults without basic qualifications (first three graphs).
- Impact of qualifications on work (all graphs).
- Young adult unemployment (all graphs).
- Young adult low pay (fifth and sixth graphs).
- Lacking but wanting paid work (all graphs).
- Work and disability (all graphs).
- Work and lone parents (all graphs).
- Work and ethnicity (first, second and fourth graphs).
- Workless households (first two graphs).
- Low pay by industry (all graphs).
- Low pay and disability (all graphs).
- Low pay and ethnicity (all graphs).
- Insecure at work (second, third and fourth graphs).
- Access to training (all graphs).
- Without educational qualifications (first three graphs).
- Pensioner non-take-up of benefits (third graph).
- Polarisation by housing tenure (second, third and fourth graphs).
- Housing benefit (third graph).
Updated Scotland indicators
- In receipt of tax credits (all graphs).
- Children in workless households (all graphs).
- Infant deaths (second graph).
- Childrens' dental health (all graphs).
- Educational attainment at 16 (second and third graphs).
- Young adults without basic qualifications (all graphs).
- Impact of qualifications on work (all graphs).
- Young adult unemployment (all graphs).
- Lacking but wanting paid work (all graphs).
- Work and disability (all graphs).
- Work and lone parents (all graphs).
- Workless households (all graphs).
- Low pay by industry (all graphs).
- Insecure at work (second, third and fourth graphs).
- Access to training (all graphs).
- Lacking home contents insurance (all graphs).
- Transport (all graphs).
- Access to essential services (all graphs).
- Satisfaction with Council services (all graphs).
- Overcrowding (first two graphs).
- Satisfaction with local area (all graphs).
- Burglaries (third to sixth graphs).
- Feeling unsafe out at night (all graphs).
- Non-participation (all graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- In receipt of tax credits (all graphs).
- Children in workless households (all graphs).
- Infant deaths (second and third graphs).
- Childrens' dental health (all graphs).
- Educational attainment at 16 (fifth graph).
- Young adults without basic qualifications (all graphs).
- Impact of qualifications on work (all graphs).
- Young adult unemployment (all graphs).
- Lacking but wanting paid work (all graphs).
- Work and disability (all graphs).
- Work and lone parents (all graphs).
- Workless households (all graphs).
- Low pay by industry (all graphs).
- Insecure at work (second, third and fourth graphs).
- Access to training (all graphs).
- Help to live at home (all graphs).
- Homelessness (first four graphs).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- In receipt of tax credits (all graphs).
- Children in workless households (all graphs).
- Infant deaths (second and third graphs).
- Educational attainment at 11 (all graphs).
- Young adults without basic qualifications (all graphs).
- Impact of qualifications on work (all graphs).
- Young adult unemployment (all graphs).
- Lacking but wanting paid work (all graphs).
- Work and disability (all graphs).
- Work and lone parents (all graphs).
- Work and religion (all graphs).
- Jobs (sixth graph).
- Workless households (all graphs).
- Low pay by industry (all graphs).
- Insecure at work (all graphs).
- Access to training (all graphs).
- Without educational qualifications (all graphs).
- Childcare provision (second graph).
- Polarisation by housing tenure (first and fourth graphs).
Updated rural England indicators
- In receipt of tax credits (all graphs).
- Young adults unemployment (all graphs).
- Wanting paid work (all graphs).
March 2007
Updated UK indicators
- Without home contents insurance (first graph).
- Homelessness (first four graphs).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Educational attainment at age 16 (first graph).
Updated Wales indicators
- School exclusions (first two graphs).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- Pupil destinations (second graph).
February 2007
Updated UK indicators
- Educational attainment at age 11 (first graph).
- Educational attainment at age 16 (third and fourth graphs).
- Underage pregnancies (first and third graphs).
- Work and ethnicity (second, third and fourth graphs).
- Numbers in low income (fifth graph).
- Persistent low income (first two graphs).
- Mortgage arrears (first graph).
- Non-participation (second graph).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Help to live at home (all graphs).
- School exclusions (first two graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- Underage pregnancies (all graphs).
- Educational attainment at age 16 (third graph).
- Satisfaction with neighbourhood (all graphs).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- Low pay by gender (all graphs).
- Location of low pay (first graph).
- Victims of crime (first graph).
Updated European indicators
- Poverty by age and gender.
- Poverty by work status.
- Poverty by household type.
- Poverty by housing tenure.
- Poverty line.
- Income inequality.
- Poverty gap.
- Regional cohesion.
- Poverty rate by threshold.
- Poverty rate before social transfers.
- Income inequality: gini coefficient.
- Long term unemployment share.
- Very long term unemployment rate.
January 2007
Updated UK indicators
- blue collar jobs (second and third graphs).
- Benefit take-up (first two graphs).
- Housing benefit (first graph).
- Low income by ethnic group (second, fifth and sixth graphs).
- Educational attainment at age 11 (second and third graphs).
- In young offender institutions (first graph).
- Feeling unsafe out at night (all graphs).
- Victims of crime (fourth graph).
Updated Scotland indicators
- blue collar jobs (second, third and fourth graphs).
Updated Wales indicators
- Educational attainment at age 11 (first graph).
- blue collar jobs (second, third and fourth graphs).
Updated rural England indicators
- Underage conceptions (all graphs).
- Feeling unsafe out at night (all graphs).
- Dissatisfaction with local area (second graph).
December 2006
Updated UK indicators
- Educational attainment at age 11 (fourth graph).
- In young offender institutions (third graph).
- Pupil destinations (first three graphs).
- Young adults with a criminal record (first graph).
- Low income by work status (second and third graphs updated to include the self-employed).
- Older people helped to live at home (second and third graphs).
Updated Scotland indicators
- Destination of school leavers (all graphs).
- Low income by work status (first graph to be working-age adults only; second graph to include the self-employed).
Updated Wales indicators
- Low educational attainment at age 16 (second graph).
- Low income by work status (first graph to be working-age adults only; second graph to include the self-employed).
Updated Northern Ireland indicators
- Underage pregnancies (all graphs).
- Low income by work status (first graph to be working-age adults only; both graphs to include the self-employed).
- Victims of crime (second graph).
Updated rural England indicators
- Low educational attainment at age 11 (all graphs).
- Older people helped to live at home (all graphs).
Website re-write
The whole site has been totally revamped. Note that Google takes some time to update its search results so the search button won't really work until the new year.