May 2010

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Theme	<<Environment Social
Sub-theme	Education>> Benefits and income
Indicator	<<Indices of deprivation - income affecting older people Working age benefits
Analysis	May 2010

Source	Department for Work and Pensions via NOMIS
Date Released	November 2010
National Indicators	n/a
Hampshire LAA targets	n/a
Date range	May 2010

Data Time Series Comparisons Commentary Confidence Levels Notes

Commentary

This data relates to the number and percentage of working age people who are claiming one or more key DWP benefits.

There are two indicators:

total claimants, and
key out of work benefits.

The latter, key out of work benefits, consists of the groups: job seekers; Incapacity Benefit / Employment Support Allowance; lone parents; others on income related benefits.  People claiming these benefits cannot be in full time work as a condition of their entitlement to these benefits. Those claiming solely Bereavement Benefit or Disability Living Allowance for example are not included as people can be in work and also receive these benefits.

The total count is broken down by statistical group, categorising a person according to the main reason why they are claiming benefit and each client is classified to a single group. Benefits are arranged hierarchically and claimants are assigned to a group according to the top most benefit they receive.

The "working age population" is defined as all people aged 16 to 64.

Confidence Levels

Data is sourced through the DWP Longitudinal Study. As an administrative count, not a sample survey, there are no known confidence issues with the data. There is no double counting.

Data

In Basingstoke and Deane there are 9,720 people claiming benefits as at May 2010, 7,920 of whom are classed as claiming "key out of work benefits". When this is expressed as a percentage of the working age population, the borough rate is around that of the Hampshire county average and the average for the South East region.

Data on the percentage of people claiming benefit for each of the Basingstoke and Deane wards can be found in the Comparisons section below.

	Basingstoke and Deane	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	South East	Great Britain
	(numbers)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Total claimants	9,720	9.0	9.2	10.7	14.7
By statistical group
Job seekers	2,390	2.2	1.9	2.4	3.5
ESA and incapacity benefits	3,980	3.7	4.0	4.6	6.7
Lone parents	1,300	1.2	1.1	1.3	1.7
Carers	700	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.1
Others on income related benefits	250	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5
Disabled	880	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0
Bereaved	210	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Key out-of-work benefits	7,920	7.3	7.3	8.7	12.4
Source: DWP benefit claimants - working age client group

Time Series

BOROUGH AVERAGE

All Benefits

Time series data shows that the recent increase in people claiming benefits is also seen at county, regional and national level. As mentioned above the borough maintains a position below the South East average and around or just below the Hampshire average.

Key out of work benefits

As the graph below shows, the trend is similar to that above.

WARD BREAKDOWN

All benefits

Number of and percentage of the working age population claiming benefits (total claimants 2006 - 2010)	May 2006		May 2008		May 2010
	number	rate	number	rate	number	rate
Basing	235	4.3	245	4.5	275	5.0
Baughurst	65	4.4	65	4.2	95	6.2
Brighton Hill North	255	6.9	240	6.5	315	8.6
Brighton Hill South	430	10.9	430	11.0	525	13.4
Brookvale and Kings Furlong	305	8.2	315	8.0	465	11.8
Buckskin	465	14.1	480	14.5	635	19.2
Burghclere	105	5.7	95	5.2	110	6.0
Calleva	190	4.9	200	5.2	265	6.9
Chineham	215	3.8	255	4.2	295	4.9
East Woodhay	55	2.9	55	2.8	80	4.1
Eastrop	355	10.7	330	9.5	370	10.7
Grove	280	7.3	275	7.2	340	8.9
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood	240	3.0	285	3.6	370	4.7
Highclere and Bourne	85	4.4	85	4.4	125	6.4
Kempshott	200	4.0	165	3.4	250	5.1
Kingsclere	170	5.3	160	5.1	215	6.8
Norden	700	12.7	725	12.8	835	14.7
Oakley and North Waltham	215	4.7	205	4.6	255	5.7
Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon	155	5.4	145	5.1	180	6.4
Pamber	90	5.5	80	4.8	95	5.8
Popley East	555	15.9	535	15.5	550	16.0
Popley West	295	12.3	340	13.5	485	19.3
Rooksdown	80	7.4	90	8.2	215	19.6
Sherborne St John	95	4.7	85	4.2	100	5.0
South Ham	715	15.4	720	15.6	815	17.7
Tadley North	320	7.7	295	7.1	360	8.7
Tadley South	185	4.9	190	5.0	255	6.8
Upton Grey and The Candovers	85	4.7	65	3.6	70	3.8
Whitchurch	170	5.3	175	5.4	205	6.3
Winklebury	465	10.3	490	10.8	580	12.8
Basingstoke and Deane overall	7,775	7.4	7,820	7.3	9,730	9.1

Key out of work benefits

Number of and percentage of the working age population claiming key out of work benefits (2006 - 2010)	May 2006		May 2008		May 2010
	number	rate	number	rate	number	rate
Basing	165	3.0	175	3.2	200	3.7
Baughurst	40	2.7	45	2.9	65	4.2
Brighton Hill North	200	5.4	190	5.2	265	7.2
Brighton Hill South	365	9.3	345	8.8	430	11.0
Brookvale and Kings Furlong	260	7.0	270	6.9	405	10.3
Buckskin	395	12.0	410	12.4	540	16.3
Burghclere	85	4.6	70	3.8	85	4.7
Calleva	135	3.5	145	3.7	200	5.2
Chineham	165	2.9	195	3.2	235	3.9
East Woodhay	40	2.1	35	1.8	60	3.1
Eastrop	305	9.2	275	8.0	320	9.3
Grove	215	5.6	220	5.7	285	7.4
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood	180	2.3	210	2.6	285	3.6
Highclere and Bourne	60	3.1	65	3.3	95	4.9
Kempshott	140	2.8	115	2.4	185	3.8
Kingsclere	135	4.2	115	3.6	165	5.2
Norden	590	10.7	595	10.5	705	12.4
Oakley and North Waltham	145	3.2	140	3.1	190	4.2
Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon	125	4.4	110	3.9	155	5.5
Pamber	65	4.0	50	3.0	70	4.2
Popley East	465	13.3	430	12.5	465	13.5
Popley West	250	10.4	290	11.5	420	16.7
Rooksdown	65	6.0	75	6.8	175	16.0
Sherborne St John	60	3.0	60	3.0	65	3.2
South Ham	620	13.4	620	13.5	705	15.3
Tadley North	250	6.0	220	5.3	295	7.1
Tadley South	125	3.3	135	3.6	175	4.6
Upton Grey and The Candovers	60	3.3	45	2.5	55	3.0
Whitchurch	135	4.2	125	3.9	140	4.3
Winklebury	400	8.9	410	9.1	495	10.9
Basingstoke and Deane overall	6,240	5.9	6,185	5.8	7,930	7.4

Comparisons

By Basingstoke and Deane Ward

Data is given in alphabetical order by ward name (note that data is not yet available for 2008 wards).

Percentage of the working age population claiming benefits (May 2010)	Total claimants	Out of work benefits	Job seekers	Incapacity Benefits / Employment Support Allowance
Basing	5.0	3.7	1.3	1.9
Basingstoke and Deane average	9.1	7.4	2.2	3.7
Baughurst	6.2	4.2	1.3	2.3
Brighton Hill North	8.6	7.2	2.3	3.1
Brighton Hill South	13.4	11.0	2.9	5.6
Brookvale and Kings Furlong	11.8	10.3	2.9	5.1
Buckskin	19.2	16.3	4.8	7.3
Burghclere	6.0	4.7	1.6	2.2
Calleva	6.9	5.2	1.2	2.7
Chineham	4.9	3.9	1.4	1.5
East Woodhay	4.1	3.1	1.3	1.6
Eastrop	10.7	9.3	3.2	4.9
GB average	14.7	12.4	3.5	6.7
Grove	8.9	7.4	2.1	4.3
Hampshire average	9.2	7.3	4	4
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood	4.7	3.6	1.2	1.6
Highclere and Bourne	6.4	4.9	1.8	1.5
Kempshott	5.1	3.8	1.3	2.1
Kingsclere	6.8	5.2	1.6	2.7
Norden	14.7	12.4	3.7	5.9
Oakley and North Waltham	5.7	4.2	1.3	2.4
Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon	6.4	5.5	2.3	2.8
Pamber	5.8	4.2	1.2	2.4
Popley East	16.0	13.5	3.8	6.2
Popley West	19.3	16.7	5.4	7.8
Rooksdown	19.6	16.0	4.6	7.8
Sherborne St John	5.0	3.2	1.0	1.7
South East average	10.7	8.7	4.6	4.6
South Ham	17.7	15.3	4.2	8.5
Tadley North	8.7	7.1	1.8	4.0
Tadley South	6.8	4.6	1.5	2.5
Upton Grey and The Candovers	3.8	3.0	0.8	1.6
Whitchurch	6.3	4.3	1.1	2.3
Winklebury	12.8	10.9	3.1	6.1

By local authority area

Below, Basingstoke and Deane is ranked alongside the Hampshire and Berkshire districts and certain areas in Surrey.

% of the working age population claiming benefits: (May 2010)	Key out of work benefits		all benefits
	Numbers	%	Numbers	%
Havant	8,560	12.1	10,470	14.7
Slough	10,320	11.9	11,900	13.7
Portsmouth	16,790	11.8	19,410	13.7
Southampton	19,170	11.4	22,530	13.4
Reading	11,020	10.3	12,650	11.8
Gosport	5,240	10.2	6,450	12.6
Rushmoor	5,060	8.2	6,180	10.0
New Forest	7,860	7.5	9,950	9.6
Basingstoke and Deane	7,920	7.3	9,720	9.0
Eastleigh	5,440	7.0	6,930	8.9
Woking	4,230	7.0	5,250	8.7
Bracknell Forest	5,280	6.8	6,470	8.3
West Berkshire	6,520	6.6	8,090	8.2
Test Valley	4,530	6.3	5,880	8.2
East Hampshire	4,170	6.0	5,370	7.7
Fareham	4,160	6.0	5,380	7.7
Guildford	5,350	5.9	6,580	7.2
Windsor and Maidenhead	5,380	5.8	6,670	7.2
Waverley	4,100	5.7	5,190	7.2
Winchester	3,930	5.5	5,090	7.1
Surrey Heath	2,880	5.4	3,650	6.8
Wokingham	4,740	4.4	6,100	5.7
Hart	2,410	4.1	3,200	5.4