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.

Great Britain

Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), 2003 ward level, Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority (UA), Government Office Region (GOR), National

2008

1999 to 2008

Quarterly

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

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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

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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.

All figures have been rounded to the nearest five, data suppressed where 10 cases or fewer

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.

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• All Claimants
• Under 25
• 25-49
• 50 and over
• Gender: Female
• Gender: Male
• Gender: Unknown
• Family Type: Single
• Family Type: Couple
• Statistical Group: Disabled
• Statistical Group: Lone Parent
• Statistical Group: Other and; Over 60s not on Pension Credit