Disabled People
Key findings
34%
of people with a disabled adult in the family are in poverty in London, compared with 25% of people without a disabled adult in the family.
Overview
People who are disabled in London and across England are more likely to be living in poverty. This is partly because of the costs associated with being disabled, and partly because disabled people are less likely to be in paid work. The poverty rate for Londoners living in a family with a disabled adult is 34%, compared to 25% for families without a disability. Disabled people in London are also more likely to be low-paid, regardless of their level of education and whether they are working full-time or part-time. The poverty gap between disabled and non-disabled people is worse in London than it is in the rest of England.
70% of London pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN) do not get a C or above in their GCSE Maths and English – creating an attainment gap of 42 percentage points compared to non-SEN pupils. However, the situation is significantly worse for pupils with SEN outside London in the rest of England, with 87% attaining less than a C in their GCSE Maths and English.
Regarding welfare support, the rate of sanctions for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is much lower than for Job Seeker's Allowance. The sanction rate is down to 0.3%, from a high of 1% in 2014. The number of people claiming ESA has fallen below 300,000 for the first time since 2000 (although it is still the most common type of out-of-work benefit in London). Given the controversy about the way ESA is assessed, there are question marks over whether all those who need it are receiving this benefit.
From our Twitter
@povertylondon
More working households in London are in poverty than they were a decade ago. The number of adult Londoners in poverty from working families rose from 566,000 to 833,000 between 2005/06 and 2015/16 (a 47% rise). For children, the increase was 303,000 to 477,000 (a 57% rise). pic.twitter.com/gjNTJMVdwQ
23 Apr 2018London’s population is younger than the rest of England’s. London has a lower proportion of people in every age bracket above 45 years than the rest of England. pic.twitter.com/DWQ3g0Gvv8
22 Apr 2018Teenagers are the group who are most likely to be leaving Outer London. pic.twitter.com/JBvdqUKKHl
21 Apr 2018More people moved into than out of London every year since 2004/5. But the main driver of London’s population growth is its birth rate being higher than its death rate pic.twitter.com/H4zfLrooIg
20 Apr 2018New @centreforlondon report finds 70% of Londoners have lived here for 10+ years. More on London’s population at: http://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/londons-population-country-birth …
19 Apr 2018