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DWP Benefits: Working Age Client Group (WACG) - Percentages

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Description

Percentage of people claiming key benefits as a proportion of the working age population. The information is derived from count data which are already held on the Neighbourhood Statistics website: Working Age Client Group (August 2004) provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Mid-2004 small area population estimates data provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The data includes breakdowns by statistical group, gender and 3 bands of age (16-24, 25-49 and 50 and over). The small area population estimates used to derived the percentages are also included in the dataset.

Geographic coverage

England and Wales

Geographic units

Lower Layer Super Output Area, Local Authority District (LAD), Government Office Region (GOR), National

Time coverage (most recent)

2005

Time coverage

2001 to 2005

Update frequency

Annually

Source

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Guidelines

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Publisher

Neighbourhood Statistics

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Notes

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Data suppression

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Time series consistency

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Reliability

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Component variables

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