[PDF] Top 20 House of Commons Library: Briefing paper: Number 0796, 2 May 2017: Poverty in the UK: statistics

... 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

... 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

... The regulated fare increase in England for 2017 is 1.9% (based on an RPI +/-0 formula); the total fare increase was 2.3%. This disguises variations across different routes. Almost without exception, when the ... See full document

... Not adjusting for seasonal effects, 157,100 people aged 18-24 were claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance or were claiming Universal Credit and required to seek work in July 2017. This is 2,200 fewer than a year ago. ... See full document

... 2.1 Income breakdown Table 2 at the end of this note gives a breakdown of income by broad category. This is illustrated opposite. There were only very gradual changes in the make-up of the sector’s income in the ... See full document

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... universities to increase fees in line with inflation from 2017 and a review of the discount rate applied to the accounting treatment of loans. In its response to the consultation the Government said it would ... See full document

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... on UK firms. The Office for National Statistics estimates that in 2015 companies made special deficit repair contributions to DB schemes of £11 billion in addition to ordinary employer contributions of £20 ... See full document

... Placing new nursing, midwifery and AHP students on the student support system will, in general, provide more living cost support for students during their studies, as the student support system is substantially more than ... See full document

... loans, statistics on their take-up, total value owed, repayment, public expenditure, arguments for reform and factors that affect take- ...2012/13. 2 Student Loans Company data used to cover the UK ... See full document

... responsibility has forecast that the face value of loans made in 2018-19 across the UK will be £17.4 billion. 60 Tuition fee loans are excluded from the chart above. In 2006/07 234,000 new students were awarded ... See full document

... schools may select up to 10% of their intake on the basis of aptitude in their specialist area(s) provided that the admission arrangements do not involve any test of ability or any test designed to elicit the ... See full document

... households. An IFS report explains: …the NLW is projected to have a very small impact on incomes right across the household income distribution, with incomes being affected by less than 1% at almost all percentile ... See full document

... general briefing only and should not be relied on as a substitute for specific ...The House of Commons or the author(s) shall not be liable for any errors or omissions, or for any loss or damage of ... See full document

... Negotiated Stopping ‘Negotiated stopping’ is an alternative approach to dealing with unauthorised encampments. Under this approach, rather than taking enforcement action to move Gypsies and Travellers on, the local ... See full document

... Westminster Academy. 3 Further details were set out in the schools white paper, The Importance of Teaching, published in November 2010: 4.21 In most European countries school students are expected to pursue a ... See full document