Infographic - verified eligible Northern Ireland applicants to High Street Spend Local scheme
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The infographic provides information on the number of eligible NI residents aged 18 and over who have applied for their High Street Scheme Spend Local card and been verified from both the online portal and the telephone application service from 27 September to 15 October 2021. An application is verified when the identity of the applicant has been confirmed by one or a combination of the matching services including the Electoral Register, Driver and Vehicle Agency and Department for the Communities.
The key points are:
At 15 October 2021:
- There were 1,085,016 verified applications for the NI High Street Scheme, of which 1,077,384 (99 per cent) were made online and 7,632 (1 per cent) were made by telephone.
- Of the 1,085,016 verified applications, 573,026 (53 per cent) were from females and 511,990 (47 per cent) were from males.
- Of the 1,085,016 verified applications, 947,085 (87 per cent) were from persons without a disability and 137,931 (13 per cent) were from persons with a disability.
- Of the 1,085,016 verified applications, 278,609 (26 per cent) were from those aged 18-34, 277,834 (26 per cent) were from those aged 35-49, 288,166 (27 per cent) were from those aged 50-64 and 240,407 (22 per cent) were from those aged 65 and over.
- The number of verified applications ranged from 180,682 (17 per cent) in Belfast Local Government District to 64,056 (6 per cent) in Fermanagh and Omagh Local Government District.