Coatbridge, Chyrston & Bellshill
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Citizens Advice service in Scotland Coatbridge, Chryston Westminster Constituency Statistics 2019-20 & Bellshill Westminster Constituency Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill contains the following member bureau(x) Bellshill CAB and Coatbridge CAB *stats are for the whole service provided by the bureau(x); constituency residents may also be served by other bureaux outwith the constituency … dealt with in 2019-20 clients 4,549 helping clients gain £2.5 million Areas of advice for Citizens Advice Bureau(x) within constituency Benefits 8,101 Housing 641 Consumer 234 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality 64 Debt 2,333 Legal Proceedings 796 Discrimination 26 NHS Concern or Complaint 321 Education 45 Relationship 180 Employment 485 Tax 534 Finance and Charitable Support 939 Travel, Transport and Holidays 204 Health and Community Care 139 Utilities and Communications 486 In total the bureau gave advice 15,528 times Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - bureaux clients and population residing in constituency 58% 34% 27% 27% 19% 10% 10% 6% 7% 2% Quintile 1 Quintile 2 Quintile 3 Quintile 4 Quintile 5 Most Deprived Least Deprived Clients served by bureau(x) Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill % of clients seen residing in each quintile % of datazones in constituency that are in each Scottish quintile Citizens Advice service in Scotland Coatbridge, Chryston National Statistics 2019-20 & Bellshill National profile of clients served by Citizens Advice Bureaux *based on a sample from November 2019 Gender Ethnicity Male BAME 46% 7% Female 54% White 93% Disability Age 18 - 24 6% 25 - 34 15% No to having a 35 - 44 Yes to 19% disability having a 42% 45 - 59 33% disability 58% 60 - 64 11% 65+ 16% Employment Housing Status Owner Occupier 26% Employed 33% Private landlord 15% Unemployed 15% Council Rented 29% Unable to work due to ill health / 27% disability Other Social rented 16% Retired 15% Staying with friends / relatives 8% Homeless / temporary housing Other 10% 4% Other 2% Citizens Advice service in Scotland includes…. Key National Service Facts Citizens Advice Scotland Clients advised 188,000 Pieces of advice given 675,000 59 member Citizen Advice Bureaux Community Locations 290+ Extra Help Unit Number of paid staff and volunteers 3,350 …and together forms Scotland’s largest independent Value of volunteer hours annually £11 million advice service The Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux – Citizens Advice Scotland (Scottish charity number SC016637) t: 0131 550 1000 w: www.cas.org.uk Published Sep 2020.