Benefits in Britain

BENEFITS IN GRITAIN: THE FACTS 20.3 MILLION FAMILIES FOR 9.6 MILLION FAMILIES 8.7 MILLION 5.3 MILLION 6AZ OF THESE ARE PENSIONERS OF THESE ARE PENSIONERS RECEIVE BENEFITS BENEFITS MAKE UP MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR INCOME THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES RECEIVING BENEFITS WILL NOW BE BETWEEN I AND 2 MILLION FEWER BECAUSE OF CHANGES TO CHILD TAX CREDITS 1% PATTERNS OF WORK IN WORKING AGE HOUSEHOLDS 17% WORKING HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS WITH ONE WORKLESS GENERATION HOUSEHOLOS WITH TWO WORKLESS GENERATIONS 82% 9% NEITHER GENERATION HAS WORKED 36% 16% UNEMPLOYED IN THE LAST YEAR UNEMPLOYED ONE TO TWO YEARS UNEMPLOYED TWO TO FOUR YEARS 18% UNEMPLOYED FIVE YEARS OR MORE BUT HAVE WORKED 21% FAMILIES EXPERIENCING LONG TERM ACCORDING TO THE JOSEPH UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINED COMMITTED TO THE VALUE OF WORK AND PREFERRED TO BE IN JOBS RATHER ROWNTREE FOUNDATION'S STUDY PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER 2012 THAN ON BENEFITS THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT OF PARENTS WAS A RESULT OF COMPLEK PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A 'CULTURE Of WORKLESSNESS' (VALUES, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS DISCOURAGING ILL HEALTH, ASSOCIATED WITH LIVING IN LONG-TERM POVERTY EMPLOYMENT AND ENCOURAGING WELFARE DEPENDENCE) BEING PASSED DOWN THE GENERATIONS 30 THE PUBLIC INCORRECTLY BELIEVE 27% 20 OF THE WELFARE BUDGET IS CLAIMED FRAUDULENTLY 10 THE CORRECT FIGURE IS Q-B% IN 2012: 18% 24 Of WORKING AGE HOUSEHOLDS WERE WORKLESS Of THESE HAD NEVER WORKED MORE THAN HALF OF THE ADULTS IN HOUSEHOLDS WHERE NO ONE EVER WORKED WERE UNDER 25 THE PROPORTION OF THE WELFARE BILL THAT GOES TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, AND HOW THAT HAS CHANGED IN TEN YEARS PENSIONER INCOMES FAMILY BENEFITS, INCOME SUPPORT AND TAK CREDITS INCAPACITY, OISABILITY AND INJURY BENEFITS HOUSING UNEMPLOYMENT 2001-02 OTHER 2011-12 20 ЧО 60 80 100 624,800 ONE CHILD HOUSEHOLDS 194,220 THREE CHILDREN 360 HOUSEHOLDS NINE 11 30 ELEVEN 130 TEN 76,310 1080 FAMILY SIZE AND BENEFIT CLAIMns EIGHT FOUR 10 TWELVE/ THIRTEEN 8780 3200 SIX SEVEN 419,370 TWO CHILDREN HOUSEHOLDS 25,980 FIVE 1111 ONLY 8% OF BENEFIT CLAMIMANTS HAVE THREE OR MORE CHILDREN 11 THE UK SPENDS ON BENEFITS PER HEAD: 12% LESS THAN FRANCE 19% LESS THAN GERMANY ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH AS THE CZECH REPUBLIC ALL INFORMATION FROM THEGUARDIAN.CO.UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/06/welfare-britain-facts-myths HISTORY OF WORK WITHIN THE 1% OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH TWO WORKIESS GENERATIONS