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Health and disability

Description Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants are people who become disabled before the age of 65.
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
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

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
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Description 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.
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
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Description Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claimants: People under pensionable age who are available for, and actively seeking, work of at least 40 hours a week.
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
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Description Pension Credit claimants (financial help for people aged 60 or over whose income is below a certain level set by the law)
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
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

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
Source Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

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