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Jennifer Boag
Research and Information Team Leader
Falkirk Council
8th February 2016
Poverty statistics for the
Falkirk area
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Outline
What data is available on poverty in
the Falkirk area – and where to find it
Some illustrations
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Scottish Index of Multiple
Deprivation
2012 version Uses 6505 datazones across Scotland
Seven “domains”
Income
Employment
Education
Health
Crime
Access
Housing
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18 datazones in worst 15% in
Scotland – below Scottish average
2016 version due in summer of 2016 New datazones
New data
http://simd.scotland.gov.uk/publication-2012/
What does this show for
Falkirk?
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• Insert map of SIMD 2012 areas
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Benefits data
Unemployment – Job Seekers
Allowance and Universal Credit
Employment and Support Allowance
Income Support
Incapacity Benefit
Disability Living Allowance
Pension Credits
Child and Working Tax Credits
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Benefits data
Changes to benefits system
Welfare Reform – and earlier
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• Job Seekers Allowance Claimants 2008-2015
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Jan
uar
y 2
00
8
Mar
ch 2
008
May
20
08
July
20
08
Sep
tem
ber
20
08
No
vem
ber
20
08
Jan
uar
y 2
00
9
Mar
ch 2
009
May
20
09
July
20
09
Sep
tem
ber
20
09
No
vem
ber
20
09
Jan
uar
y 2
01
0
Mar
ch 2
010
May
20
10
July
20
10
Sep
tem
ber
20
10
No
vem
ber
20
10
Jan
uar
y 2
01
1
Mar
ch 2
011
May
20
11
July
20
11
Sep
tem
ber
20
11
No
vem
ber
20
11
Jan
uar
y 2
01
2
Mar
ch 2
012
May
20
12
July
20
12
Sep
tem
ber
20
12
No
vem
ber
20
12
Jan
uar
y 2
01
3
Mar
ch 2
013
May
20
13
July
20
13
Sep
tem
ber
20
13
No
vem
ber
20
13
Jan
uar
y 2
01
4
Mar
ch 2
014
May
20
14
July
20
14
Sep
tem
ber
20
14
No
vem
ber
20
14
Jan
uar
y 2
01
5
Mar
ch 2
015
May
20
15
July
20
15
Sep
tem
ber
20
15
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Benefits data
Nov 2008 May 2015
Employment Support Allowance 160 7,340
Incapacity Benefit 5,340 1,750
Income Support - disability 3,400 180
Total 8,900 9,270
Other Income Support 1,940 1,560
Disability Living Allowance 9,900 10,080
Pension Credit 7,710 5,620
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Benefits data
April 2009 April 2015
Children and Working Tax
Credits 16,600 10,200
Unemployed 2,900 2,900
No children 1,300 1,200
Total children 25,000 15,700
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Benefits data - sources
Data.gov.uk and search
Much better and easier to use:
www.nomisweb.co.uk
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Other data sources
Joseph Rowntree Foundation Recent report on poverty and
ethnicity in
Scotland
25% of people from an ethnic minority live in
relative poverty compared to 14% of white
British
Falkirk had 2,953 non-white people in the 2011
Census
Could be 600 people in poverty
www.jrf.org.uk
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Other data sources
Child poverty
Free school meals and clothing grants
2014/15 – all P1-3 free meals
2015 17.5% of P4-7 on free meals
3.8% - Comely Park, 50% - Grange
2014/15 22.5% Primary pupils get
clothing grants
5.2% - Blackness, 55.6% - Langlees
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Other data sources
Child poverty
Child Poverty Action Group 21% of children in Falkirk lived in
poverty in
2014
www.cpag.org.uk
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Other data sources
Council Tax Reduction Scheme
Falkirk Sept 2015 – 14,340 – 20.6% of
households (Scotland 21.2%)
Housing Benefit
Falkirk June 2014 – 13,247 – 19.0% of
households (Scotland 20%)
83% are social rented, 14% private
rented (Scotland 78% and 20%)
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Other data sources
Fuel Poverty Scottish House Condition Survey
28% of households are in fuel poverty – spend
more than 10% of income on fuel
35% of households in Scotland in fuel poverty
7% are in extreme fuel poverty – 20%+ of
income spent on fuel
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Other data sources
Scottish Government Poverty and Income Inequality in
Scotland:
2013/14
Source – Family Resources Survey
14 per cent of people in Scotland were living in
relative poverty, before housing costs
www.gov.scot/topics/statistics
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