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References

Introduction

  1. The Indicators Steering Group is made up of analysts across government.
  2. http://www.dwp.gov.uk/ofa/contact.asp
  3. http://www.dwp.gov.uk/ofa/indicators
  4. http://www.dwp.gov.uk/ofa/
  5. Details of the indicators that have been selected are available on the DWP website: www.dwp.gov.uk/opportunity_age/indicators/. A baseline report including data was published in summer 2006.
  6. http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/strategy/work_areas/disability/
  7. http://www.officefordisability.gov.uk/consultations/

Children and young people

  1. Department for Work and Pensions, 2007, Households Below Average Income – An analysis of the income distribution for 1995/95 – 2005/06, DWP.
  2. Department for Work and Pensions, 2007, Low-Income Dynamics 1991 – 2005 (Great Britain), DWP.
  3. Department for Work and Pensions, 2003, Measuring child poverty, DWP.
  4. Equivalisation is needed in order to make sensible income comparisons between households and has long been standard in income distribution analysis. This process reflects the commonsense notion that a family of several people needs a higher income than a single person in order for both households to enjoy a comparable standard of living.
  5. Department for Work and Pensions, 2007, Households Below Average Income – An analysis of the income distribution for 1995/95 – 2005/06, DWP.
  6. Office for National Statistics, Health Statistics Quarterly 28, winter 2005 (2004 data), ONS.
  7. Office for National Statistics, 1998, Birth Statistics, ONS.
  8. For further information, see:
    www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000655/index.shtml
  9. Hirsch, D., 2007, Experiences of poverty and educational disadvantage, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/pdf/2123.pdf
  10. Department for Communities and Local Government, 2006, English House Condition Survey Annual Report, DCLG.
    Opportunity for all: Indicators update 2007

People of working age

  1. The overall employment rate of 74.3 per cent refers to the employment rate in Quarter 2 of 2007. This differs from the Quarter 2 employment rate of 74.5 per cent quoted in the first paragraph of this section which has been seasonally adjusted.
  2. The most recent release can be found at: www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/work0807.pdf
  3. The Persistent low income series is published in the report Low Income Dynamics, 1991-2005: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/hbai/low_income/Low_income-dynamics_1991-2005.pdf
  4. Department for Work and Pensions, 2007, Low-Income Dynamics, 1991-2005
    (Great Britain), DWP.
  5. Office for National Statistics, 2000, General Household Survey 2000: Disadvantaged households, ONS.

Later life

  1. Department for Work and Pensions, 2007, Households Below Average Income – An analysis of the income distribution for 1995/95 – 2005/06, DWP.
  2. Department for Work and Pensions, 2007, Low-Income Dynamics 1991-2005 (Great Britain) DWP.
  3. Department for Work and Pensions, 2007, Family Resources Survey 2005-06.
    http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/frs/2005_06/chapter7.pdf
  4. Which takes account of an updated healthy life expectancy calculation method since 2001.
  5. Office for National Statistics, 2004, Focus on Older People, ONS.

Communities

  1. Office for National Statistics, 2006, Rise in proportion of over-85s living alone, Population Trends 123, Spring 2006, ONS.
  2. Social Exclusion Unit, 2004, Breaking the Cycle: Taking stock of progress and priorities for the future, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
  3. Hills J., 2007, Ends and Means: the future roles of social housing in England. ESRC Research Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. Available at http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/case/cr/CASEreport34.pdf
  4. Department for Trade and Industry, 2007, Meeting the Energy Challenge. A White Paper on Energy, Cm 7124, DTI.
  5. Crime is defined as domestic burglary, vehicle crime and robbery.
  6. The latest trends and further information on recorded crime and the British Crime Survey can be found at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/crimeew0607.html
  7. Data for life expectancy at birth for health and local authorities in the UK can be found at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=8841&Pos=1&ColRank=1&Rank=272
  8. Road Casualties: English Local Authority Tables can be found at: http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/accidents/casualtieslatables/roadcasualtiesenglishlocalau1836
  9. The Road Casualties Great Britain, 2005 Annual Report can be found at:
    http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/accidents/casualtiesgbar/
    roadcasualtiesgreatbritain2005 and includes detailed information on the number of people killed and injured on the roads in Great Britain in 2005, based on information about accidents reported to the police.
  10. http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/fuel-poverty/strategy/index.html
  11. http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/page39534.html
  12. Department of Health, 2003, Tackling Health Inequalities – A programme for action, DH

 

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