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| Table 5: Proportion of families living below 40 per cent., 50 per cent. and 60 per cent. of median income in each year between 1996-97 and 2005-06 | ||||||
| £ millions | ||||||
| Before Housing Costs | After Housing Costs | |||||
| 40% | 50% | 60% | 40% | 50% | 60% | |
| Table 6: Proportion of pensioners living below 40 per cent., 50 per cent. and 60 per cent. of median income in each year between 1996-97 and 2005-06 | ||||||
| £ millions | ||||||
| Before housing costs | After housing costs | |||||
| 40% | 50% | 60% | 40% | 50% | 60% | |
| Notes: 1. Figures in tables 1, 3, 4 and 6 correspond to Great Britain for 1996-97 and 1997-98 and correspond to the United Kingdom for other years. Estimates for Northern Ireland have been imputed for the years 1998-99 through to 2001-02. 2. Figures in table 2 and 5 correspond to Great Britain from 1996-97 to 2001-02, and correspond to the United Kingdom for later years. It is not possible to impute estimates for Northern Ireland for families for 1998-99 to 2001-02. 3. The reference period for Family Resources Survey (FRS) figures is single financial years. 4. The income measures used to derive the estimates shown employ the same methodology as the Department for Work and Pensions publication ‘Households Below Average Income’ series, which uses disposable household income, adjusted/equivalised for household size and composition, as a proxy for standard of living. This uses the OECD equivalence scale for all years in the series. 5. The Government's preferred measure of relative low income poverty is defined as being in a household with a household income of less than 60 per cent. of the contemporary median income. This is an internationally recognised measure. 6. This response includes a lower income threshold of 40 per cent. of the contemporary median income. The data for families with an income lower than 50 per cent. of median is not considered to be accurate as an indicator of living standards. Many of these households while having very low incomes would not be considered poor, but who do genuinely have few sources of income in the short-run. These figures are not national statistics and caution must be applied because those people stating the lowest incomes in the FRS may not actually have the lowest living standards. 7. Figures have been presented on both a before housing cost and after housing cost basis. For before housing cost, housing costs (such as rent, water rates, mortgage interest payments, structural insurance payments and ground rent and service charges) are not deducted from income, while for after housing cost they are. This means that after housing cost incomes will generally be lower than before housing cost. 8. A family is defined as a single adult or couple living as married and any dependent children. 9. Numbers in the tables have been presented in millions, rounded to the nearest 100,000 people. | ||||||
New Deal
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people the new deal has helped into work, training and work experience in each new deal category since its inception. [187300]
Mr. Timms: Information on the number of people helped into work through all the new deals is in the following table.
| Number of people into work through new deal | |
| Programme | Number |
| Notes: 1. Data are to May 2007 and are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Programme start dates are: New deal for young people: April 1998 (piloted from January-March 1998); New deal 25 plus: July 1998; New deal for lone parents: October 1998; New deal for partners: April 1999; New deal 50 plus: April 2000; new deal for disabled people: July 2001. Source: DWP Information Directorate | |
Information on the number of people who have started training and work experience are only available through the options stage of the new deal for young people (NDYP) programme and the intensive activity period (IAP) of the new deal 25 plus (ND25 plus) programme.
The available requested information is in the following tables.
| New deal for young people (NDYP) | |
| Option | Numbers who have started |
| Notes: 1. Data are to May 2007 and are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Data includes current participants on the employment and education and training options, as well as those who have left NDYP from these options. 3. Data includes those who have participated on these options but left NDYP from the follow through stage of the programme. 4. Data do not include those who have participated on these options but who are currently on the follow through stage of NDYP. 5. Data could include people on the voluntary new deals who have accessed training from the provision available through NDYP. Source: DWP Information Directorate. | |
| New deal 25 plus | |
| Option | Numbers who have started |
| Notes: 1. Data are to May 2007 and rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Data include current participants on the employment/work experience/training elements of the IAP, as well as those who have left ND25 plus from these elements. 3. Data include those who have participated on these elements of the IAP but left ND25 plus from the follow through stage of the programme. 4. Data do not includes those who have participated on these elements of the IAP but who are currently on the follow through stage of ND25 plus. 5. Data could include people on the voluntary new deals who have accessed training from the provision available through new deal 25 plus. Source: DWP Information Directorate. | |
New Deal Schemes: Aberavon
Dr. Francis: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people the New Deal has assisted into work, training and work experience in Aberavon constituency since its inception, broken down by New Deal category. [190219]
Mr. Timms: The available information on the number of people helped into work through all the new deals in the Aberavon constituency is in the following table.
Information on the number of people who have started training and work experience is available only through the Options stage of the new deal for young people (NDYP) programme and the intensive activity period (IAP) of the new deal 25 plus (ND25 plus) programme.
The available requested information is in the following tables:
| New Deal for Young People (NDYP) Options in Aberavon | |
| Option | Numbers who have started |
| Notes: 1. Data are to May 2007 and are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Data include current participants on the Employment and Education and Training Options, as well as those who have left NDYP from these Options. 3. Data include those who have participated on these Options but left NDYP from the Follow Through stage of the programme. 4. Data do not include those who have participated on these Options but who are currently on the Follow Through stage of NDYP. 5. Data could include participants on the voluntary New Deals who have accessed training available through the mandatory New Deals. Source: DWP Information Directorate. | |
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