[PDF] Top 20 House of Commons Library: Briefing Paper Number 7096: 2 July 2019: Poverty in the UK: statistics

... One such attempt is a major annual research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which estimates Minimum Income Standards (MIS) for different household types in the UK. This involves in- depth ... See full document

... researchers have made a number of attempts. Section 2 of Library Research Paper 13/1, Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill, 2013 , gives an overview of the debate. One such attempt is a major annual ... See full document

... One such attempt is a major annual research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which estimates Minimum Income Standards (MIS) for different household types in the UK. This involves in- depth ... See full document

... in poverty is much lower now than during the 1960s, but poverty rates for children and working-age adults are higher than they were 50 years ...ago. Poverty rates for children, pensioners and ... See full document

... at UK schools and colleges, particularly at independent schools. In the first half of the period there was a clear increase in the proportion of state school pupils entering Oxford. This increased from 43% in the ... See full document

... of local, statutory Health and Wellbeing Boards with dedicated sub- groups for children and young people: This allows for a specific focus on this group and prevents other issues or population groups from overshadowing ... See full document

... £16.4 billion in financial year 2018-19. 12 Tuition fee loans are excluded from the chart above. In 2006/07 234,000 new students were awarded tuition fee loans with an average value of £2,740 and a total value of £639 ... See full document

... May-July 2019 it decreased by 86,000. The number of young people in employment decreased by 54,000 over the past year, while the number who are economically inactive (not in or looking for ... See full document

... The number of young people in employment decreased by 25,000 over the past year, while the number who are economically inactive (not in or looking for work) decreased by ... See full document

... The number of young people in employment increased by 42,000 over the past ...The number who are economically inactive (not in or looking for work) decreased by ... See full document

... The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers of 16 to 24 year olds (AGE 16- 24) was introduced in February 2012, and provided £1,500 to small businesses hiring young apprentices. In 2013/14 advanced learner loans were ... See full document

... This paper retains the distinction between the terms for two ...this paper is therefore consistent for its entire length, other than the break in 2011-12 detailed ... See full document

... Additionally, the surveys underestimate the total amount of benefit income received by households compared to administrative data for government expenditure on benefits. Analysis by the Resolution Foundation, a think ... See full document

... the number of full-time academic staff at UK HEIs increased by 18% and the number of part time staff by almost ...the number of academics working in research only (not teaching) and in the ... See full document

... The number of applicants who lived in Scotland (and hence were not liable for variable fees at institutions in Scotland) increased by 2% in 2006, compared to a 4% fall among those living in ... See full document

... Tuition fee loans are excluded from the chart above. In 2006/07 234,000 new students were awarded tuition fee loans with an average value of £2,740 and a total value of £639 million. A further 153,000 existing students ... See full document

... needed. This is particularly important at a time of tight public finances and growing demand for new places. The Department for Education has said that 83% of the 213 mainstream free schools approved in waves 5-11 in ... See full document

... The number of applicants who lived in Scotland (and hence were not liable for variable fees at institutions in Scotland) increased by 2% in 2006, compared to a 4% fall among those living in ... See full document

... In July 2018 the Office for Budget Responsibility published a paper that looked at the ‘fiscal illusions’ resulting from the different accounting treatment of loans in government accounts and made ... See full document

... the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee said that carers faced a “stark choice between engaging in education and training without any financial support or living on benefits”, and recommended that ... See full document