House of Commons - Work and Pensions

Select Committee on Work and Pensions Second Report

Annex 1

TABLE 1: OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL INDICATORS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

% children living in workless households 17.9
(1997)
17.9
(1998)
17.3
(1999)
15.6
(2000)
15.2
(2001)
15.8
(2002)
15.2
(2003)

% children living in households with income below 60% of the contemporary median before housing costs 26
(1996/97)
25
(1997/98)
24 (1998/99) 23
(1999/00)
21
(2000/01)
21
(2001/02)

% children living in households with income below 60% of the median after housing costs 34
(1996/97)
33
(1997/98)
33 (1998/99) 32
(1999/00)
31
(2000/01)
30
(2001/02)

% children living in households with income below 60% of the 1996/97 median held constant in real terms before housing costs 26
(1996/97)
24
(1997/98)
22 (1998/99) 19
(1999/00)
16
(2000/01)
12
(2001/02)

% children living in households with income below 60% of the 1996/97 median held constant in real terms after housing costs. 34
(1996/97)
32
(1997/98)
31 (1998/99) 28
(1999/00)
24
(2000/01)
20
(2001/02)

% of children experiencing persistent low income - below 60% median household income in at least 3 out of 4 years 20
(1991/94)
16
(1994/97)
16
(1995/98)
16
(1996/99)
17
(1997/00)

16
(1998-01)

% children experiencing persistent low income - below 70% median household income - in at least 3 out of 4 years 30
(1991/94)
26
(1994/97)
26
(1995/98)
26
(1996/99)
26
(1997/00)
25
(1998-01)

% of 7-year-old children in Sure Start areas achieving Key Stage 1 Reading/ writing/maths tests 75/77/85
(2000)
76/78/86
(2001)
76/78/86
(2002)

% of those aged 11 achieving level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 tests for literacy 63
(1997)
65
(1998)
71
(1999)
75
(2000)
75
(2001)
75
(2002)
75
(2003)

% of those aged 11 achieving level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 tests for numeracy 62
(1997)
59
(1998)
69
(1999)
72
(2000)
71
(2001)
73
(2002)
73
(2003)

% of 16-year-olds with at least one GCSE A*-C 44.5
(1996)
45.1
(1997)
46.3
(1998)
47.9
(1999)
49.2
(2000)
50.0
(2001)
51.6
(2002)

% of 19-year-olds with at least a level 2 qualification or equivalent 79.7
(1996)
72.3
(1997)
73.9
(1998)
74.9
(1999)
75.3
(2000)
74.8
(2001)
74.8
(2002)

% attendances in schools (England) 92.4
(1995/96)
92.8
(1996/97)
92.7
(1997/98)
92.9
(1998/99)
93.2
(1999/00)
92.7
(2000/01)
93.0
(2001/02)

% of children who live in a home which falls below the set standard of decency 43
(1996)
30
(2001)

Admission rates (per 1,000) to hospital as a result of an unintentional injury resulting in a stay of longer than 3 days for children aged under 16 1.22 (1996/97) 1.14
(1997/98)
1.03
(1998/99)
1.04
(1999/00)
0.94
(2001/01)
0.95
(2001/02)

% of 16-18-year-olds in learning 76.3
(1996)
74.9
(1997)
74.8
(1998)
75.4
(1999)
75.4
(2000)
75.5
(2001)

% of young people leaving care with one of more GCSE (grade A*-) or a vocational qualification 7.3
(1999/00)
7.5
(2001/02)

Under 18 conception rates per 1,000 aged 15-17 45.9
(1996)
45.8
(1997)
47.0
(1998)
45.3
(1999)
43.8
(2000)
42.3
(2001)
42.6
(2002)

% of teenage parents who are not in education, employment or training 84.2
(1997)
72.9
(1998)
73.6
(1999)
68.9
(2000)
70.3
(2001)
66.5
(2002)
73.3
(2003)

% re-registered on the child protection register 19
(1997/98)
15
(1998/99)
14
(1999/00)
14
(20001/02)

Ration of infant mortality rates per 1000 live births in England and Wales of routine and manual groups/all
1.15
(1994-96)

1.14
(1995-97)

1.12
(1996-98)

1.13
(1997-99)

1.14
(1998-00)

1.17
(1999-01)

Smoking rates
During pregnancy
Among children 11-15

13
(1996)

11
(1998)

9
(1999)
19
(2000)
10
(2000)

10
(2001)

10
(2002)

Source: DWP (2003)[272]

TABLE 2: COMPARISON OF EQUIVALENCE SCALES

McClements scale before housing costs Modified OECD scale

First adult 0.61 0.67

Second adult 0.39 0.33

Each dependant child aged 0-1 0.09 0.20

Each dependant child aged 2-4 0.18 0.20

Each dependant child aged 5-7 0.21 0.20

Each dependant child aged 8-10 0.23 0.20

Each dependant child aged 11-12 0.25 0.20

Each dependant child aged 13-15 0.27 0.20

Each dependant child aged 14-15 0.27 0.33

Each dependant child aged 16 or over 0.36 0.33

272 Department for Work and Pensions (2003) Opportunity for All Fifth Annual Report, CM. 5956, London: Stationery Office. Back



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