Social Justice Toolkit
Callum Miller, Labour Market Research and
Policy Assistant, Inclusion
E: callum.miller@cesi.org.uk
T: 020 7840 8327
What is it?
A free-to-use statistical toolkit presenting
statistics at the local level (compared to
regional and national averages) for
indicators that fall under the umbrella of
‘Social Justice.’
Available from
http://www.cesi.org.uk/social-justicetoolkit
How the project came about
 DWP commissioned toolkit by the Social Justice Strategy team at
the Department.
 Following the publication of the Social Justice: Transforming Lives
and the Social Justice Outcomes Framework.
 The Social Justice Outcomes Framework published October 2012 ,
and updated in April 2013, represents the next step in developing
the Social Justice vision
– Highlights our priorities, how we plan to measure progress, and together
with the strategy, define what we want to achieve
 The outcome framework is structured along the same lines as Social
Justice: transforming lives. There are five themes relating to the
various chapters: supporting families; keeping young people on
track; importance of work; supporting disadvantaged adults;
delivery.
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Five areas inherently complex – many interrelated factors
The framework
measures
 1. The percentage of all children who are not living with both of their birth parents, by
age of the child.
 2. The extent to which children from disadvantaged households achieve the same
educational outcomes as their more advantaged peers (in development).
 3. The percentage of offenders aged under 18 who go on to reoffend.
 4. The proportion of benefit claimants who have received working-age benefits for at
least 3 out of the past 4 years (focusing on those capable of work or work-related
activity).
 5. Drug use, employment and offending outcomes for those presenting for treatment
for drug or alcohol treatment over a three-year period
 6. The proportion of adult offenders:
– who do not reoffend within 12 months (available) and
– the proportion who are in work 12 months later (in development)
 7. The size of the social investment market.
– In 2011/12, the UK social investment market grew by almost a quarter to £202
million through 765 deals.
Social Justice
Themes
 Aim of the project was to develop indicators
around five key themes of Social Justice
identified by the Social Justice Outcomes
Framework:
1. Supporting families;
2. Keeping young people on track;
3. The importance of work;
4. Supporting the most disadvantaged adults; and
5. Delivering Social Justice.
Key criteria for indicators
Relevance – to one (or more) of the five
themes
– But doesn’t need to be a framework measure
Relevance – to (local) practitioners
Timeliness – ideally at least quarterly
Availability at local level
Robustness (especially if not govt source)
Ease of sourcing and updating
Background context
Demographics – life expectancy, ethnicity
Headline labour market indicators
Qualification levels
Index of multiple deprivation
Keeping young people on track
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Number of juvenile first-time entrants to the criminal justice system
Youth re-offending
Pupil absence
Number achieving a Good Level of Development in EYFSP
NEET young people
Attainment at KS2 (attainment gap: eligible for free school meals
and not)
Attainment at KS4 (attainment gap: eligible for free school meals
and not)
Under 18 alcohol-specific hospital admissions
Number of looked after children
Education, health and offending outcomes for looked after children
The importance of work
 Number of claimants of different benefit groups
 Tax credit claims
 Work Programme attachment levels
 Work Programme performance or JSA off-flow indicators
Supporting the most
disadvantaged adults
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Rough sleeping levels
Homelessness acceptances
Adult re-offending
Adult first-time entrants to the criminal justice system
Number of crack and opiate users
Proportion of adult population with depression, dementia and learning disabilities
Number of people leaving short term housing-related services with different needs
Domestic violence levels
Alcohol admissions to hospital
Alcohol-related crime
Households accomodated and those to whom homelessness duty is still owed
Total contacts with mental health services, rate per 1,000 population
Outcomes of homeless prevention schemes
Successful completion of drug treatment
Improving access to psychological therapies - recovery rate
Supporting Families
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Under-18 conceptions
Families receiving interventions for multiple problems
Total personal insolvencies
Wellbeing indicators
 Number of troubled families worked with
 Number of troubled families turned round
The toolkit itself
Available from
http://www.cesi.org.uk/social-justicetoolkit
Please do go away
and make use of it!
A free-to-use statistical toolkit presenting
statistics at the local level (compared to
regional and national averages) for
indicators that fall under the umbrella of
‘Social Justice.’
Available from
http://www.cesi.org.uk/social-justicetoolkit