Notes

What is new

June 2008

On 10th June, the government published its latest Households below average income report, covering the period up to 2006/07.  In summary, the 2006/07 poverty numbers are very similar to those for 2005/06 (the odd change of 100,000 here or there could just be a rounding issue).  The main change seems to be something of a rise in pensioner poverty.  Also, household median income hardly rose at all, so the lack of any reduction in relative poverty is not because the poverty threshold rose.  Obviously, all very disappointing.

Note that the publication of the report does not mean that we will be able to update the analyses on this website any time soon.  Rather, that requires the government to release the underlying survey data to us and they have indicated to us that they will not be able to do this until August or September.  As soon as we receive the survey data from them, we will update all the low income graphs.

Updated UK indicators

Updated Wales indicators

Updated Northern Ireland indicators

  • Blue collar employment: first graph (over time by industry), second graph (within the production sector), third graph (over time by gender), fourth graph (shares by gender) and fifth graph (shares by industry).

May 2008

Updated UK indicators

Updated Scotland indicators

Updated Wales indicators

Updated Northern Ireland indicators

Updated European indicators

April 2008

Updated UK indicators

Updated Scotland indicators

Updated Wales indicators

Updated Northern Ireland indicators

Updated rural England indicators

Updated European indicators

Updated local authority district data

  • Low birthweight babies (map and spreadsheet).
  • Infant deaths (map and spreadsheet).
  • In receipt of tax credits (spreadsheet).
  • Below Level 4 at Key Stage 2 (map and spreadsheet).
  • Fewer than 5 GCSEs at age 16 (map and spreadsheet).

March 2008

Updated UK indicators

Updated Scotland indicators

Updated Wales indicators

Updated Northern Ireland indicators

Updated rural England indicators

All the local authority analysis have been updated for DEFRA's new rural/urban classification system.  These comprise:

Updated local authority district data

  • Homelessness (map and spreadsheet).

February 2008

Updated UK indicators

Updated Scotland indicators

Updated Wales indicators

Updated Northern Ireland indicators

January 2008

Updated UK indicators

Updated Scotland indicators

Updated Wales indicators

Updated Northern Ireland indicators

Updated European Union indicators

Updated rural England indicators

All the local authority analysis have been updated for DEFRA's new rural/urban classification system.  These comprise:

Updated local authority district data

  • Educational attainment at age 11 (map and spreadsheet).
  • Educational attainment at age 16 (map and spreadsheet).
  • Low birthweight babies (map).
  • Homelessness (map).

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