Description Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) replaced Incapacity Benefit and Income Support paid on the grounds of incapacity for new claims from 27th October 2008.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National, Parliamentary Constituency
Description This indicator provides an indication of how quickly children are placed with an approved prospective adopter(s) following the decision that they should be placed for adoption
Geographic units County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Statutory SSDA903 data collection from Local Authorities to DCSF.
Description Persons unable to work due to illness or disability. Incapacity Benefit (IB) claimants are people who are assessed as being incapable of work and who meet the appropriate contribution conditions. The dataset also includes Severe Disablement Allowance (SDA) claimants. SDA has not been available to new claimants since April 2001, and has been incorporated into the IB dataset statistics
Geographic units 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
Description The information in this dataset refers to numbers of Working Age Benefit Claimants and is derived from a 100% data source; the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). The dataset provides counts of benefit claimants categorised by their statistical group (their main reason for interacting with the benefit system), gender and age.
Geographic units 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
Description Claimants who either a) were claiming Income Support (stocks) on the count date, b) ended a claim (off-flows) during the previous accounting month or c) started a new claim (on-flows) during the previous accounting month.
Geographic units Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
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