Record number of families and children using Tax-Free Childcare
A record number of families and children are now using Tax-Free Childcare, new figures show. According to the latest data from HMRC, approximately 580k families were using Tax-Free Childcare for 709k children as of the 31st of March 2025. Polimapper’s visualisation shows that the South East saw the highest number of families and children utilising […]
Temporary accommodation is up by 13.6%, with half of households in London
The number of households in temporary accommodation increased by 13.6% in December 2024, from the previous year. Polimapper’s visualisation shows that half of these were located in London. The figures released this morning reveal that, between October to December 2024, 83.8k households were assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness and owed a statutory homelessness […]
6.91 million families in receipt of Child Benefits, as London sees highest year on year decrease
London has seen the highest year on year decrease in the number of families in receipt of Child Benefits, data visualised by Polimapper shows. In August 2024, there were 6.91 million families in receipt of benefit payments, a continued decrease from last year’s numbers. The statistics published this morning by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) […]
7.6 million on Universal Credit last month, with highest numbers in Northern areas
Last month, 7.6 million people were on universal credit in Great Britain, with the highest numbers seen in Birmingham and Manchester, data visualised by Polimapper shows. The statistics published by the Department for Work and Pensions on Universal Credit claims by ethnicity show that, in March, claims went up by 2% from the previous month. […]
Families face hundred-year social housing waiting lists in London amid drop in sales
A 27% decrease in social housing sales took place in 2023/2024, as reports reveal hundred-year long waiting lists for family social housing in a number of local authorities. Polimapper’s visualisation shows that over 17k social housing sales were completed last year in England. Nonetheless, this falls short compared to the 24.2k sales made the year […]
Child poverty on the rise as nearly 60% of children in Birmingham Ladywood live in low income
In the constituency of Birmingham Ladywood, 58.8% of children were living in relative low income in 2024, new statistics on child poverty show. Yesterday, the Department for Work & Pensions released a report on Children in low income families. The data shows that in the financial year 2023-24, there were 2.72m children aged 0 to […]
Number of Households
On the 28th June, the first results of the 2021 Census were released. This summer, we are visualising this data to create a series of interactive local authority maps. In this third instalment, we have visualised the number of households with at least one usual resident for both 2011 and 2021, and then presented the […]