Dataset: Housing Benefit claimants
Field:Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies
Description
Scottish Parliamentary constituency is based on the address of the HB claimant.
It is possible for the claimant to reside in a different LA to the one administering their HB claim.
Therefore it may not always be possible to make direct comparisons between Scottish parliamentary constituency and local authority data.
Images of Questions
Classification
Scottish Parliamentary constituencies are drawn up by the Boundary Commission for Scotland. Further information on classification of these areas are available on the the Boundary Commission for Scotland website at: http://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/maps/
In addition to the standard classifications we classify Unknown / Missing as ZZXXXXXXX
Total number of categories: 73 (excluding unknown / missing)
Quality Statement
Scottish Parliamentary constituency is derived from the postcode of the claimant’s address.
Postcode is present for over 99 per cent of claimants but, for some claimants, the postcodes are incomplete or missing. To improve the quality of postcode information, the claimant’s address is processed through address cleansing software.
For postcodes that are still incomplete after address cleansing, Scottish Parliamentary constituency has been assigned where possible using postcode district.
It is possible that errors can occur in the recording of address / postcode (both on form and inputting onto computer system within the local authority processing the claim).