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Housing Benefit Cap 2012 - London-centric
Richie-from-the-Boro
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Family type: About 90% of the households that will lose benefit from the introduction of the cap will be families. One third are likely to be couples and the almost two-thirds will be single parents.
Family size: Around 60% of households affected will have 4 or more children. Around 30% will have between one and three children and around 10% will have no children.
Gender: Modelling suggests that around 60% of customers who are likely to have their benefit reduced by the cap will be single females but only around 3% will be single men.
Age: Modelling suggests that around 80% of those affected will be aged 25 to 44. As those under 25 tend to receive less benefit, most of the other 20% affected will therefore be 45 or over.
Disability: readers here might be interested in - Disability, We will be excluding households where someone is in receipt of Disability Living Allowance,Attendance Allowance, Industrial Injuries Benefit or the support component of Employment and Support Allowance. However, disability can be defined in a number of ways and receipt of these benefits is just one potential way. Of the households who lose from this policy, based on internal modelling, we expect roughly half will contain somebody who is classed as disabled under the Disability Discrimination Act.
Ethnicity: A large proportion of those affected are likely to be large families, implying that households from cultural backgrounds with a high prevalence of large families and households from certain ethnic minorities that tend to have a higher proportion of large families are more likely to be affected.
The Smoke 54% - Taffs 3% - Scots 5%
Family size: Around 60% of households affected will have 4 or more children. Around 30% will have between one and three children and around 10% will have no children.
Gender: Modelling suggests that around 60% of customers who are likely to have their benefit reduced by the cap will be single females but only around 3% will be single men.
Age: Modelling suggests that around 80% of those affected will be aged 25 to 44. As those under 25 tend to receive less benefit, most of the other 20% affected will therefore be 45 or over.
Disability: readers here might be interested in - Disability, We will be excluding households where someone is in receipt of Disability Living Allowance,Attendance Allowance, Industrial Injuries Benefit or the support component of Employment and Support Allowance. However, disability can be defined in a number of ways and receipt of these benefits is just one potential way. Of the households who lose from this policy, based on internal modelling, we expect roughly half will contain somebody who is classed as disabled under the Disability Discrimination Act.
Ethnicity: A large proportion of those affected are likely to be large families, implying that households from cultural backgrounds with a high prevalence of large families and households from certain ethnic minorities that tend to have a higher proportion of large families are more likely to be affected.
The Smoke 54% - Taffs 3% - Scots 5%
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Where did you source this data?'The More I know about people the Better I like my Dog'
Samuel Clemens0 -
Google the paragraphs and these links show up
http://www.engender.org.uk/UserFiles/File/news/Multiple%20Jeopardy%20Background%20paper.pdf
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA11-041A.pdf
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/uploaded_files/briefings/appendix1_welfare_reform_bill_advice_from_counsel.pdf
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/hb-benefit-cap-draft-regs-2012-memorandum.pdfbam bam bammy Shore by The Revellers...do do de de do.0
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