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<p /> <p>Table 1 shows the estimated number of individuals who were resident in Havering
and were on benefits at some point in the four weeks before a court conviction which
resulted in a custodial sentence. The estimated numbers are shown by calendar year
for 2011 and 2012, based on the year of the conviction. Figures for later years are
not available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Estimated number of individuals sentenced to
custodial sentences in Havering, in 2011 and 2012, who were on benefits at some point
in the four weeks before conviction.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Year of conviction</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Individuals
claiming the following benefits</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability
Living Allowance (DLA)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment
and Support Allowance (ESA)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incapacity
Benefit (IB)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Income Support
(IS)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseeker’s Allowance
(JSA)</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other DWP benefits
<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total individuals</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><sup>1</sup> Other DWP benefits – Carer’s Allowance, Pension Credit, Severe
Disablement Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Passported Incapacity Benefit, Bereavement
Benefit, Widows Benefit and Retirement Pension – have been grouped due to low volumes.</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p>The total population of Havering was 240,000
in 2011 and 2012, with a corresponding working age population (aged 16-64) of 151,000.
Claimants of ESA, IB, IS and JSA will be of working age whilst DLA claimants may be
under 16. During 2011 and 2012, around 19,000 residents of Havering were claiming
one of the above benefits at any given point in time, with over 5,000 of these claiming
JSA.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>· Figures are rounded to the nearest
10.</p><p> </p><p>· These figures have been derived from the National Benefits Database
linked to Police National Computer data taken from the 2013 MoJ-DWP-HMRC data share.
This data only includes offenders for whom a link to DWP or HMRC data could be found
– 19% of total offenders in England and Wales are not included, either because they
have never had a DWP or HMRC record or, due to issues with data quality or consistency,
it was not possible to find a match between the offender data and the DWP/HMRC data.
As a result, these are likely to be underestimates.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>·
The figures are based on individuals who are recorded as being resident in Havering
according to their relevant record in the National Benefits Database. They may not
have been resident in Havering at the time of conviction.</p><p> </p><p>· Individuals
may be claiming multiple benefits at once; consequently, an individual may appear
in more than one benefit category, but will only appear once in the total. Hence,
the totals for each calendar year are less than the sum of the number of claimants
for each benefit type. Where an individual incurred more than one prison sentence
in the year, they are only included once for each benefit per year.</p><p> </p><p>·
Overall population and benefit claimant statistics have been taken from Local Authority
Labour Market data as recorded on NOMIS (<a href="http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.nomisweb.co.uk</a>).</p>
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