Working Age Client Group (WACG)

The information in this dataset refers to numbers of Working Age Benefit Claimants and is derived from a 100% data source; the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS). The dataset provides counts of benefit claimants categorised by their statistical group (their main reason for interacting with the benefit system), gender and age.
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/summary.asp?mode=construct&version=0&dataset=105

Source: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Publisher: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Geographies: Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Ward, Local Authority District (LAD), County/Unitary Authority, Government Office Region (GOR), National

Geographic coverage: Great Britain

Time coverage: 1999 to 2009

Type of data: Administrative data

Notes: The main advantage of this dataset is that the double counting of claimants of multiple benefits has been removed so that users will get a more accurate picture of benefit claiming and worklessness at a small area level.

本数据集所含信息涉及工作年龄福利领取者的人数，并源于100%的数据来源——工作与养老金纵向研究（WPLS）。该数据集提供了根据统计群体（其与福利系统互动的主要原因）、性别及年龄分类的福利领取者计数。

数据来源：英国工作与养老金部（DWP）

出版方：英国工作与养老金部（DWP）

地理范围：下层级输出区（LSOA）、中层输出区（MSOA）、选区、地方当局区域（LAD）、郡/单一当局、政府办公区域（GOR）、全国

地理覆盖范围：大不列颠

时间覆盖范围：1999年至2009年

数据类型：行政数据

备注：本数据集的主要优势在于消除了多重福利领取者的重复计数，使用户能够获得小区域层面福利领取和工作无力的更精确图像。