Infographic - take up rate for High Street Spend Local Scheme to 22 October 2021

The key points are:

At 22 October 2021:

• There was a 79 per cent take-up rate of verified applications for the NI High Street Scheme compared to the NI population aged 18 and over.
• 82 per cent of females and 77 per cent of males had applied and been verified for the Spend Local card.
• 87 per cent of verified applications for the Spend Local card were from persons without a disability and 13 per cent were from persons with a disability. This compares to an estimate of 28 per cent for the prevalence of disability in the population².
• 74 per cent of those aged 18-34 had applied and been verified for the Spend Local card compared to 81 per cent of those aged 35-49, 83 per cent of those aged 50-64 and 81 per cent of those aged 65 and over.
• The take–up rate of verified applicants with a valid postcode³ for the NI High Street Scheme was highest (84 per cent) in Ards & North Down Local Government District and lowest (73 per cent) in Belfast Local Government District.

² Data on limiting long-term illness for those aged 16+ from the Continuous Household Survey 2019/2020.

³Note 1,143 applicants have been removed due to not having a postcode which matches a postcode in the postcode directory

Documents

• High Street Scheme infographic - take up rate to 22 OctoberAdobe PDF (288.55 KB)