Household Disposable Income and Inequality
Source: data.gov.uk (2018-01-10)

This article provides an initial insight into key measures of household income and inequality, along with analysis of how these measures have changed over time.

Source agency: Office for National Statistics

Designation: National Statistics

Language: English

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Household disposable income and inequality: financial year ending Mar 2016 (https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-authority/uk-statistical-system/types-of-official-statistics/)

Released: 10 January 2017 9:30am

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Summary

Examines how taxes and benefits redistribute income between various groups of households in the UK. The study shows where different types of households and individuals are in the income distribution and looks at the changing levels of income inequality over time.

Publications

Household disposable income and inequality in the UK: financial year ending 2016 (/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/bulletins/householddisposableincomeandinequality/financialyearending2016)

Initial insight into key estimates of household incomes and inequality in the UK, along with analysis of how these measures have changed over time accounting for inflation and household composition.

Data

The effects of taxes and benefits on household income, disposable income estimate (/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/datasets/householddisposableincomeandinequality)

Average UK household incomes taxes and benefits by household type, tenure status, household characteristics and long-term trends in income inequality.

Contact details

Name

Claudia Wells

Email

xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

Phone

+44 (0) 01633 455867 (tel:+44%20%280%29%2001633%20455867%20)

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics (https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-authority/uk-statistical-system/types-of-official-statistics/)

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/the-code/). This broadly means that the statistics:
- meet user needs
- are presented clearly and accessibly
- are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
Pre-release access list

The phrase 'Pre-release Access' refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles which govern pre-release access are featured within the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Besides ONS staff, the following persons are given pre-release access by the period indicated before release.

| Access granted to | Organisation | Period | | :— | :— | :— | | Chancellor of the Exchequer | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Chief Secretary to the Treasury | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Economic Secretary | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Financial secretary | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Permanent Secretary | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Chief Economic Advisor | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Special Adviser | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Special Adviser | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Duty Press Officer (CHX Spokesperson) | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Duty Press Officer (Senior Economy Spokesperson) | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Official Preparing Briefing | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Official Clearing Briefing | HM Treasury | 24hrs | | Assistant Private Secretary | Department for Work & Pensions | 24hrs | | Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Department for Work & Pensions | 24hrs | | Press Officer | Department for Work & Pensions | 24hrs | | Lead Analyst | Department for Work & Pensions | 24hrs | | Minister for Welfare Reform | Department for Work & Pensions | 24hrs |

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