§ Mr. Andersonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what information he has on the numbers of supplementary benefits claimants of 25 years or under who have moved from their parents' homes in the most recently available period, broken down into the following categories (a) those who were treated as non-householders in their new accommodation, (b) those who were treated as boarders in their new accommodation and (c) those who were treated as householders or joint householders in their new accommodation;
(2) what are the most recently available figures for the numbers of young supplementary benefit claimants who are living in their parents' homes, broken down into the following categories: (a) 16 and 17 year olds, (b) 18 to 20 year olds and (c) 21 to 25 year olds; and what was the average amount of benefit paid for each of these groups;
(3) what are the most recently available figures for the numbers of young supplementary benefit claimants who are treated as boarders, broken down into the following categories: (a) 16 and 17 year olds, (b) 18 to 20 year olds and (c) 21 to 25 year olds; and what was the average amount of benefit paid to each of these groups.
§ Mr. NewtonI shall let the hon. Member have such information as is available as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of people who were refused unemployment or supplementary benefit for failing to take up suitable employment in the United Kingdom in 1983.
§ Mr. WhitneyI refer the hon. Member to the reply by my hon. Friend the Member for Brent, North (Dr. Boyson) to him on 14 May at column67–68 where he gave the figure for refusal of unemployment benefit in 1983 as 1,896. I regret that the corresponding figure for reductions of supplementary benefit is still not available as processing of the statistics has been delayed by the strike at our Newcastle computer centre.