Financial Capability and Child Poverty

<p>Pan London financial capability data to support Local Authorities Child Poverty Needs Assessments, <strong>updated in April 2011 with 2010 data</strong>.</p> <p>This data is designed to help local authorities improve their understanding of the areas within their borough where low financial capability is most likely to exist. This could be useful to child poverty needs assessments, and subsequent work to develop and target support services for residents within their borough.</p> <h4><strong>Supporting Documents</strong></h4> <p>Technical information about the datasets is available in the <a href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/londondatastore-upload/financial-capability-readme.txt">readme.txt file</a>.</p> <p>A <a href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/londondatastore-upload/financial-capability-support-note.pdf">support note prepared by MAS and CPU</a> is available to advise local authorities on using the data in Child Poverty Needs Assessments.</p> <p>Profiles of the data categories are available in the <a href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/londondatastore-upload/financial-capability-pen-portraits.pdf">Pen Portraits report </a>and details of the underlying model used by Experian are available in <a href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/londondatastore-upload/financial-capability-technical-model.pdf">Technical Model report</a>.</p> <h4><strong>Further Information</strong></h4> <p><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/londondatastore-upload/mas_web_graphic.jpg" alt="money advice service logo" /></p> <p>For more information on the Money Advice Service (formerly the Consumer Financial Education Body): <a href="http://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk">http://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk</a></p> <p>For more information on Child Poverty Unit: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/families/childpoverty">http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/<br /> families/childpoverty</a></p> <p>For details of the Experian model: <br /> <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/thoresen_review_index.htm">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/thoresen_review_index.htm</a></p>