HC Deb 11 December 1975 vol 902 cc332-4W
Mr. Hall-Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many men, receiving national insurance retirement pensions, in each age bracket and for the most recent date for which information is available, had no dependants, had an adult dependant only, had adult and child dependants and had only child dependants.

Mr. O'Malley

The following is the information for 29th November 1974, the latest date for which figures are available:

Mr. Hall-Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many men, receiving unemployment benefit, in each age bracket and for the most recent date for which information is available, had no dependants, had an adult dependant only,

MEN IN RECEIPT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
Age All claimants No dependants Adult dependant only Adult and child dependants Child dependants only
Under 20 27,700 26,000 400 1,100 200
20 to 24 57,700 42,000 1,700 12,100 1,900
25 to 29 46,800 21,800 1,100 20,100 3,800
30 to 34 31,600 10,700 700 15,300 4,900
35 to 39 26,200 8,100 500 12,200 5,400
40 to 44 24,400 8,000 1,000 9,300 6,100
45 to 49 23,600 9,400 2,100 7,800 4,300
50 to 54 23,100 11,000 4,800 4,400 2,900
55 to 59 22,000 10,700 8,300 2,100 900
60 to 64 48,400 18,700 27,200 1,200 1,300
65 and over 400 200 200
All ages 331,900 166,600 48,000 85,600 31,700

Mr. Hall-Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many men, receiving unemployment benefit, in each age bracket and for the most recent date for which information is available, were receiving supplementary benefit; and what proportion they represented of all men receiving unemployment benefit.

Mr. O'Malley

The following is the information for 5th May 1975, the latest date for which figures are available:

MEN IN RECEIPT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT AND SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT
Age Number of men who received unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit Proportion of all men receiving unemployment benefit who also received supplementary benefit
Percentage
Under 20 5,000 17.8
20 to 24 16,500 28.7
25 to 29 16,500 35.2
30 to 34 11,500 36.5
35 to 39 9,500 36.3
40 to 44 7,500 30.8
45 to 49 6,600 28.0
50 to 54 6,100 26.1
55 to 59 3,600 16.6
60 to 64 4,100 8.6
65 and over 100 21.9
All ages 87,000 26.2

Mr. Hall-Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many men

had adult and child dependants and had only child dependants.

Mr. O'Malley

The following is the information for 5th May 1975, the latest date for which figures are available, based on a sample count:

receiving national insurance retirement pensions, in each age bracket and for the most recent date for which information is available, were receiving supplementary pensions; and what proportion they represented of all male retirement pensioners.

Mr. O'Malley

The most recent information relates to November 1974 and is as follows:

NUMBER OF MEN RECEIVING
Age Retirement pension (1) (thousands) Retirement and supplementary pension (2) (thousands) Proportion of (1) (per cent.)
All ages 2,797 493 18
65 to 69 1,063 157 15
70 to 74 881 164 19
75 to 79 486 100 21
80 to 84 244 48 20
85 to 89 96 18 19
90 and over 28 6 21