Updates to SIMD Income and Employment Domains

Updates to SIMD Income and Employment Domains


Annex A: Indicators

Employment domain

INDICATOR SIMD 2004 SIMD 2006 SIMD 2009 SIMD 2009+1 SIMD 2009+2
Working Age Unemployment Count averaged over 12 months (Office for National Statistics ( ONS), Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP)) - NOMIS 2002 ( ONS) 2005 ( NOMIS) 2008 ( NOMIS) 2009 ( NOMIS) 2010 ( NOMIS)
Working Age Incapacity Benefit Claimants ( DWP) April 2002 August 2005 August 2008 August 2009 August 2010
Employment Support Allowance 5 ( DWP) n/a n/a n/a August 2009 August 2010
Working Age Severe Disablement Allowance Claimants ( DWP) April 2002 August 2005 August 2008 August 2009 August 2010
Working Age Compulsory New Deal participants - New Deal for the under 25s and New Deal for the 25+ not included in the unemployment claimant count ( DWP) April 2002 August 2005 August 2008 August 2009 May 2010

Income domain

INDICATOR SIMD 2004(Different indicators) SIMD 2006 SIMD 2009 SIMD 2009+1 (revised) SIMD 2009+2
ADULT BENEFITS Number of Adults (aged 16-59) receiving Income Support (Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP)) Adults in Income Support Households ( DWP, April 2002) April 2005 August 2008 August 2009 August 2010
Number of Adults (aged 60 plus) receiving Guaranteed Pension Credit ( DWP) N/A May 2005 August 2008 August 2009 August 2010
Number of Adults receiving (all) Job Seekers Allowance ( DWP) Adults in Income Based Job Seekers Allowance Households ( DWP, August 2001) April 2005 August 2008 August 2009 August 2010
Income based Employment Support Allowance ( DWP) N/A N/A N/A August 2009 August 2010
DEPENDENT BENEFITS Number of Children (aged 0-15) dependent on a recipient of Income Support ( DWP) Children (aged 0-19) in Income Support Households ( DWP, April 2002) April 2005 May 2008 May 2009 May 2010
Number of Children (aged 0-15) dependent on a recipient of Job Seekers Allowance (all) ( DWP) Children (aged 0-19) in Income Based Job Seekers Allowance households ( DWP, August 2001) April 2005 May 2008 May 2009 May 2010
Number of Children (aged 0-15) dependent on a recipient of Employment and Support Allowance (all) ( DWP) N/A N/A N/A May 2009 May 2010
TAX CREDITS Number of Adults and Children in Tax Credit Families on low incomes (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs ( HMRC)) Adults and Children in Working Families or Disability Tax Credit Households below a low income threshold ( DWP/Inland Revenue, April 2002) N/A August 2008 August 2008 August 2009
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