Dataset: Housing Benefit claimants
Field: National - Regional - Admin LA
Description
Housing Benefit payments are administered to claimants by a single local authority (LA). It is possible for a Housing Benefit claimant to reside in a different LA to the one administering their benefit. LA and region information is based on the LA administering the benefit.
LA boundaries build up exactly into regions, for example, North East Region is built up from data collected from the following 12 LAs / unitary authorities (UA):
County Durham, Darlington , Hartlepool, Middlesbrough , Northumberland , Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees , Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland.
Regions then build up exactly into countries.
LA, region and country level information refers to administrative boundaries. These boundaries represent a hierarchy of areas relating to national / local government in the UK.
Classification
Applicable to: All claimants
Region
E12000001 - North East
E12000002 - North West
E12000003 - Yorkshire and the Humber
E12000004 - East Midlands
E12000005 - West Midlands
E12000006 - East
E12000007 - London
E12000008 - South East
E12000009 - South West
W92000004 - Wales
S92000003 - Scotland
99ZZXXXXXXX - Unknown / Missing
Total number of categories:
By Region: 12
By LA: 380
A full list of codes and names relating to local authority areas can be obtained from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) website: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/products/names--codes-and-look-ups/names-and-codes-listings/names-and-codes-for-administrative-geography/index.html
Quality Statement
It is possible that errors can occur in the recording of geography when inputting onto computer system within the local authority processing the claim. Some data from local authorities has been carried forward due to incomplete or missing data. Information on which data has been substituted can be found here.