§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will give the numbers of people receiving supplementary benefit in each of the 36 metropolitan districts for each year from 1979 to 1986;
(2) if he will give the numbers receiving supplementary benefits per thousand head of population in each of the 36 metropolitan districts for each year from 1979 to 1986;
(3) if he will list the numbers of children in each of the 36 metropolitan districts who are dependent upon supplementary benefit claimants for each year from 1979 to 1986;
(4) if he will list the numbers of children dependent upon people receiving supplementary benefit per thousand head of population in each of the metropolitan districts for each year from 1979 to 1986.
§ Mr. Lyell[pursuant to the reply, 22 October 1986, c. 903–4]: Information to enable a breakdown of supplementary benefit cases by metropolitan district area began to be collected only in 1981. The available information is given in the four tables:
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Table 1. Claimants receiving supplementary benefit Estimated numbers (thousands) Metropolitan districts 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Greater Manchester Bolton 20 24 24 27 25 Bury 11 12 13 13 12 Manchester 58 67 68 82 77 Oldham 15 17 19 21 21 Rochdale 17 20 21 21 21 Salford 23 27 27 31 31 Stockport 16 19 20 23 21 Tameside 17 20 20 22 23 Trafford 14 16 17 17 16 Wigan 20 24 26 28 30 Merseyside Knowsley 23 26 27 26 28 Liverpool 70 79 83 89 89 St. Helens 14 16 17 19 18 Sefton 24 27 28 30 32 Wirral 28 33 35 37 38 South Yorkshire Barnsley 14 16 18 21 20 Doncaster 19 23 25 29 28 Rotherham 17 21 23 24 25
Metropolitan districts 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Sheffield 46 55 60 64 64 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 20 23 25 27 26 Newcastle 30 33 37 38 40 North Tyneside 17 20 20 24 23 South Tyneside 17 20 21 22 24 Sunderland 28 34 35 40 40 West Midlands Birmingham 98 116 124 140 137 Coventry 27 33 35 37 38 Dudley 21 26 27 29 30 Sandwell 28 36 39 39 39 Solihull 9 11 13 10 13 Walsall 20 26 28 28 28 Wolverhampton 23 29 31 32 34 West Yorkshire Bradford 38 44 47 47 49 Calderdale 13 15 16 17 16 Kirklees 24 27 30 31 29 Leeds 59 66 68 69 69 Wakefield 19 22 23 25 26 249W
Table 2. Claimants receiving supplementary benefit per 1,000 head of population Estimated numbers Metropolitan districts 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Greater Manchester Bolton 78 90 93 102 96 Bury 60 70 72 78 72 Manchester 125 145 150 180 171 Oldham 69 78 86 96 98 Rochdale 83 94 101 102 103 Salford 94 110 111 127 131 Stockport 55 64 69 78 72 Tameside 78 93 92 104 106 Trafford 63 72 77 80 72 Wigan 66 78 84 93 97 Merseyside Knowsley 130 149 156 156 169 Liverpool 136 154 164 179 182 St. Helens 75 86 92 102 94 Sefton 79 91 93 100 107 Wirral 83 97 102 110 113 South Yorkshire Barnsley 62 72 78 92 92 Doncaster 65 81 89 95 99 Rotherham 68 81 87 100 98 Sheffield 85 101 111 119 118 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 95 110 121 129 127 Newcastle 106 118 130 136 143 North Tyneside 84 99 105 121 119 South Tyneside 107 124 135 142 155 Sunderland 93 114 118 132 134 West Midlands Birmingham 96 114 122 139 136 Coventry 85 103 111 119 122 Dudley 69 85 91 97 99 Sandwell 89 117 127 128 130 Solihull 45 58 67 50 66 Walsall 75 97 104 106 107 Wolverhampton 91 114 121 125 135 West Yorkshire Bradford 81 95 100 102 105 Calderdale 70 80 85 87 83 Kirklees 63 73 79 82 77 Leeds 83 92 96 97 97 Wakefield 61 70 73 80 84
Table 3. Dependants (excluding partners) of supplementary benefit claimants Estimated numbers (thousands) Metropolitan districts 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Greater Manchester Bolton 9 11 12 14 13 Bury 4 5 6 6 5 Manchester 27 32 33 39 40 Oldham 7 9 12 12 13 Rochdale 9 11 11 11 12 Salford 11 11 11 13 14 Stockport 6 7 8 8 9 Tameside 6 9 9 9 9 Trafford 5 7 7 6 8 Wigan 7 11 12 13 15 Merseyside Knowsley 15 18 18 17 18 Liverpool 31 36 38 43 40 St. Helens 6 7 9 10 9 Sefton 10 10 13 14 14 Wirral 13 16 18 17 18 South Yorkshire Barnsley 6 7 7 9 10 Doncaster 9 11 12 14 14 Rotherham 8 10 11 12 13 Sheffield 14 18 20 21 23 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 8 8 10 10 10 Newcastle 11 13 14 16 16 North Tyneside 6 8 8 8 9 South Tyneside 6 7 8 10 11 Sunderland 15 18 17 20 21 West Midlands Birmingham 49 60 70 82 78 Coventry 14 14 17 16 18 Dudley 8 10 11 13 14 Sandwell 10 15 17 19 20 Solihull 6 7 7 5 7 Walsall 11 13 17 17 15 Wolverhampton 12 14 16 18 18 West Yorkshire Bradford 19 26 30 28 29 Calderdale 5 7 8 8 8 Kirklees 12 15 15 16 15 Leeds 24 29 29 28 32 Wakefield 8 9 11 11 14 250W
Table 4. Dependants (excluding partners) of supplementary benefit claimants per thousand head of population Estimated Metropolitan districts 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Greater Manchester Bolton 35 42 44 54 50 Bury 22 27 32 33 32 Manchester 58 70 71 86 89 Oldham 30 40 54 53 57 Rochdale 45 53 52 56 56 Salford 43 47 46 56 59 Stockport 21 25 29 28 31 Tameside 27 42 40 41 42 Trafford 24 32 34 29 35 Wigan 24 36 39 42 48 Merseyside Knowsley 86 106 106 102 108 Liverpool 61 71 76 86 82 St. Helens 31 37 45 54 49 Sefton 33 34 44 47 46 Wirral 39 47 52 49 54
Metropolitan districts 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 South Yorkshire Barnsley 25 29 30 42 43 Doncaster 29 37 41 47 50 Rotherham 34 41 42 49 53 Sheffield 26 33 37 39 42 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 36 39 49 49 47 Newcastle 37 47 51 56 58 North Tyneside 32 39 42 39 45 South Tyneside 35 43 51 65 73 Sunderland 49 61 57 68 69 West Midlands Birmingham 48 58 69 82 77 Coventry 45 44 53 50 59 Dudley 25 34 38 43 45 Sandwell 33 50 54 62 67 Solihull 30 37 35 26 35 Walsall 41 50 63 65 57 Wolverhampton 48 53 61 73 70 West Yorkshire Bradford 42 56 65 61 62 Calderdale 28 37 41 41 44 Kirklees 32 39 39 43 39 Leeds 34 40 41 40 45 Wakefield 27 29 37 36 44