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Breaking the link between disability and poverty

Sam Murray 18 November 2019 Samuel.Murray@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz

• There is nothing inevitable about disability-related inequality.
• It can be dramatically reduced with the right income support and the removal of

barriers to education, employment, and the community.

• There is considerable diversity within the disability community.

Key ideas

Breaking the link between disability and poverty

Breaking the link between disability and poverty

In the United Kingdom 2017/18 Family Resources Survey:

• 8% of all children were disabled children.
• 31% of children lived in a family where at least one immediate family member

was a disabled person.

• 23% of children had a disabled parent. An often overlooked group.

In 2013, there were between 123,000 and 164,000 disabled children and young people aged under 20 in New Zealand.

Disability inequality affects almost a third of children

Breaking the link between disability and poverty

13.9% 9.6% 2.3% 4.0% 17.7% 11.5% 4.0% 5.7% 27.8% 19.4% 13.0% 13.3% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% New Zealand households with disabled children New Zealand all households with children United Kingdom households with disabled children United Kingdom all households with children

Households under three poverty measures (before tax and housing costs)

39.2% of median household income 47% of median household income 62.7% of median household income

• In 2018, the median payment rate for disability allowances for children in the

United Kingdom was 3.2 times higher than in New Zealand.

• Adjusting for differences in GDP per person, the United Kingdom disability

allowances are still 2.8 times higher.

• There are also disability specific tax credits in the United Kingdom.
• In New Zealand, only 7% of children receiving a disability-related allowance,

receive both types (Child Disability Allowance and Disability Allowance).

We need to increase disability allowances

Breaking the link between disability and poverty

Breaking the link between disability and poverty

24.9% 10.0% 20.2% 13.2% 37.7% 27.2% 42.6% 32.6% 29.0% 43.8% 29.8% 35.2% 8.5% 19.0% 8.5% 19.1% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Disabled people 15 to 64 Non-disabled people 15 to 64 Carers of disabled children All parents with dependent children

People reporting the adequacy of their income to buy everyday items

Not enough money Only just enough money Enough money More than enough money

• Disability-related support does not always work for lower income and one-

parent households as well as Maori and Pacific peoples

• For example, Carer Support only provides a subsidy at less than the minimum
• wage. 66% of carers reported using their own money to make up the difference.
• Often disabled children are given less than 20 hours of education support

worker time, preventing the full use of 20 hours free ECE.

• We need to reduce barriers to access and switch to more flexible support
• ptions, including using cash transfers over subsidies and invoicing systems.

We need to fix inequitable support options

Breaking the link between disability and poverty

Breaking the link between disability and poverty

We need to respond to the growing diversity of disability

9.0% 57.0% 20.0% 2.0% 9.2% 2.9% 13.8% 37.7% 28.8% 3.7% 11.6% 4.5% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Asian European/Pākehā Māori Other Pacific peoples Unknown

The ethnicity of new entrants receiving ORS by percentage

2009 2018

Breaking the link between disability and poverty

We need to address inequity within the disability community

26.7% 53.1% 22.9% 41.3% 8.1% 1.0% 1.6% 0.7% 1.6% 0.6% 59.0% 32.0% 64.0% 45.3% 83.6% 10.8% 10.1% 11.3% 10.0% 4.6% 2.5% 3.1% 1.1% 1.8% 2.9% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% European/Pākehā Māori Other Pacific peoples Unspecified

Child Disability Allowance by ethnicity and carer benefit status

Main Benefit Super and Veteran No Benefit Non-beneficiary assistance Orphan and unsupported child

Breaking the link between disability and poverty

Inequality persists for disabled students

16.3% 20.0% 15.3% 24.2% 15.3% 14.7% 27.0% 28.6% 38.9% 35.8% 16.7% 16.8% 29.3% 23.5% 37.7% 29.0% 20.5% 18.8% 13.3% 16.2% 1.6% 8.5% 20.4% 22.6% 14.1% 11.7% 6.7% 2.5% 27.1% 27.0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2009 2018 2009 2018 2009 2018 All students receiving ORS Students receiving ORS at special schools All students

Students by decile of school in 2009 and 2018

Decile 1 & 2 Decile 3 & 4 Decile 5 & 6 Decile 7 & 8 Decile 9 & 10

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Sam Murray

Contact

National Policy Coordinator

027 273 7762 Samuel.Murray@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz