Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2010/11

This National Statistics publication presents annual estimates for the proportion and number of children, working age adults and pensioners living in low income households in Scotland. The estimates are used to measure progress towards UK and Scottish Government targets to reduce poverty and income inequality.


Table A5: Individuals in in-work poverty (relative poverty BHC) in Scotland: 1998/99 to 2010/11

In in-work poverty

In relative poverty before housing costs

000s

%

000s

%

98/99

360

7

980

20

99/00

350

7

1,050

21

00/01

390

8

1,040

21

01/02

370

7

960

19

02/03

400

8

1,000

20

03/04

340

7

920

19

04/05

310

6

860

17

05/06

380

8

880

18

06/07

320

6

840

17

07/08

340

7

860

17

08/09

340

7

860

17

09/10

330

6

870

17

10/11

320

6

780

15

 

Source: HBAI dataset, DWP.

Note that the poverty estimates for 2008/09 and 2009/10 have been revised from the previous year's publication "Poverty and income inequality in Scotland: 2009/10". This is due to a slight revision to the UK dataset due to changes in the direct tax system in Northern Ireland and new tenure data from CLG.

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