UTILITY WEEK | 13TH - 19TH MARCH 2020 |
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Operations & Assets
BENEFIT FREEZE: VALUE OF MANY BENEFITS HAS FALLEN BY 6% SINCE 2013
THE GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN OF POVERTY IN THE UK
MOST PEOPLE IN POVERTY NOW LIVE IN A WORKING HOUSEHOLD
Source: Office for Budget Responsibility/UK Poverty 2019/20 social security, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (via Mark Wilkinson presentation)
Source: UK Poverty 2019/20 social security, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
(via Mark Wilkinson presentation)
Source: UK Poverty 2019/20 social security, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (via Mark Wilkinson presentation)
Source: Households below average income (via Mark Wilkinson presentation)
London and areas of the North
of England, Midlands and Wales
experience higher rates of poverty
than the South of England,
Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The two periods of rising in-work poverty
Northern Ireland 18%
Scotland 19%
North East 24%
Yorkshire and
Humber 22%
Percentage in poverty
18-19%
20-21%
22-24%
25%+
East
Midlands 21%
Wales 24%
North
West 23%
South West 19%
West Midlands 24%
South East 19%
London 28%
East 19%
Most areas have significant
levels of poverty
14 million people in the UK are
in poverty
Little change for 15 years
Main drivers of poverty are:
• Employment rate
• Earnings
• Housing
• Benefits/pension
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
Percentage
of
families
in
poverty
In a working
family
Not in a
working family
1994/95 1997/98 1999/00 2001/02 2003/04 2005/06 2007/08 2009/10 2011/12 2013/14 2015/16 2017/18
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Poverty
rate
for
workers
1997/98 1999/00 2001/02 2003/04 2005/06 2007/08 2009/10 2011/12 2013/14 2015/16 2017/18
104
102
100
98
96
64
62
90
01/04/2013 01/08/2013 01/12/2013 01/04/2014 01/08/2014 01/12/2014 01/04/2015 01/08/2015 01/12/2015 01/04/2016 01/08/2016 01/12/2016 01/04/2017 01/08/2017 01/12/2017 01/04/2018 01/08/2018 01/12/2018 01/04/2019
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