Income Support (IS)

Income Support (IS) Claimants - people aged over 16 working less than 16 a week and having less money coming in than the law says they need to live on.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

DWP at LSOA and ward level
http://83.244.183.180/NESS/BEN/is.htm

Neighbourhood Statistics Data at LSOA and LAD level
http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/disseminatio
n/datasetList.do?JSAllowed=true&ph=60&CurrentPageId=60&
step=1&datasetFamilyId=1354&Next.x=1&Next.y=1

Nomis data (most up to date)
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?
mode=construct&version=0&dataset=113

Great Britain

Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Ward, Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National

2012

1999 to 2012

Quarterly

Administrative data

• Information for dependents unavailable after 2002. Data includes Income Support Minimum Income Guarantee (ISMIG) for over 60s until August 2003 hence a drop in claimant numbers after this time.
• All figures have been rounded to the nearest five, data suppressed where 10 cases or fewer

Income Support can be paid to a person who

• is in Great Britain
• is aged 16 or over
• is not working 16 hours or more a week
• has less money coming in than the law says they need to live on.

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