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Barnsley in Depth Children’s and Young People’s Report – 2008/09 Information7 Economic Well-beingEconomic well-being is usually derived from income to a person or household.Usually this income is from employment or self-employment. For those whoare unable to work, are looking for work or need extra income to support themdue to sickness or disability, social security benefits are paid. Economic wellbeingis linked closely to the previous section on education - especially 16-18year olds who are Not in Employment, Education or Training: a target groupfor the Every Child Matters strategy.7.1 Key Facts on Economic Well-being• Unemployment rate for 16-24 year olds in England has increasedslightly whereas in Barnsley it remained about the same until2008/9 when it rapidly increased due to the economic downturn.• Almost 10,400 Barnsley children (24%) are living in poverty (basedon Government definition).• The number of children & young people in receipt of IncomeSupport fell slightly between 2004 and 2007 but increased slightlyin 2008 (still lower than 2004).• 760 claimants aged 16-24 are in receipt of Disability LivingAllowance.• The number of Job Seekers Allowance claimants increased by2.3% between 2004 and 2008.• The number of Incapacity Benefit / Severe Disablement allowanceclaimants fell by 24% between 2004 and 2008.• Barnsley has twice as many young people aged under-24 yearsclaiming Carer’s Allowance than the national average.• Over 4,650 people in receipt of Income Support had at least onechild in 2008.• As at August 2005 25,290 families and 43,065 children receivedChild Tax credit payments.• There are concentrations of WTC & CTC recipient families (lowincome families) across Barnsley and not just deprived areas.• Barnsley has a mean household income of £30,320 but the medianwas £26,070.- 109 -
Barnsley in Depth Children’s and Young People’s Report – 2008/09 Information7.2 Labour Market for 16-24 year oldsThe Annual Population Survey is a new survey which includes the annualLabour Force Survey (LFS) plus a new sample boost aimed at achieving aminimum sample of 500 economically active adults in local authority districtsin England. The size of the total APS sample is approximately 500,000people.As the data is from a survey, care must be taken with interpretation of thestatistics especially over time. Confidence intervals are published with mostdata which give an indication of the reliability of the individual data points.The following data relates to the labour market situation of those aged 16-24in Barnsley and compares this with the picture in England as a whole.Breaking down the already small sample into age groups further reduces thereliability of individual figures.7.2.1 Economic ActivityPeople who are economically active are either in employment, self-employed,unemployed (i.e. looking for work) or in full-time education but are employed(e.g. full-time students working part-time in a shop/pub). For this age groupthe Economic Activity rate (% of those of the age group who are EconomicActive) tends to be lower than for the working age population as a whole dueto those in further education either at school or in college.Figure 7.2.1 shows the Economic Activity rate for 16-24 year olds in Barnsleyand England for 2001/2 to 2008/9.Figure 7.2.1 Economic Activity Rate of 16-24 year olds 2001/2 to 2008/99085EnglandEngland CI-BarnsleyEconomic activity rate - 16-24 year olds 2001/2 to 2008/9(Source: Labour Force Survey 2001-2004, Annual Population Survey 2004/5-2007/8)Barnsley CI-81.98075.4 75.2% of 16-24 year olds7570656070.1 69.565.368.671.668.867.668.869.866.4 66.7 66.2 66.1555045402001/2 2002/3 2003/4 2004/5 2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9- 110 -
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