Table 19.2
Proportion of head of households2 in receipt of benefits, 1998-99 to 2009-10
All head of households (Household Reference Person)											Percentages
	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10
Income Support	19	19	19	19	16	17	19	11	13	10	12	10
JSA (Income Based)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Working Tax Credit1	2	1	2	4	5	5	6	4	6	4	5	7
Incapacity Benefit	9	8	7	8	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	5
Disability Living Allowance	7	9	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	12
Retirement Pension	28	29	28	28	26	26	28	27	25	29	27	28
Child Benefit	7	6	8	8	8	9	10	10	12	11	12	13
Base=100%	2,360	2,549	2,324	2,347	2,321	2,199	2,259	2,122	2,149	2,010	1,968	2,158
		Source: Continuous Household Survey
Note:
1Was called Working Families Tax Credit prior to 2003-04
2  From 2006-07 Household Reference Person replaced Head of Household