§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were claiming supplementary benefit on 1 April; and how many were claiming income support on 1 May(a) for United Kingdom as a whole and (b) for each of his Department's local offices in the counties of: (i) Cleveland, (ii) Cumbria, (iii) Durham, (iv) Northumberland and (v) Tyne and Wear.
§ Mr. Peter LloydInformation is available in respect of 17 November 1987 for supplementary benefit and 31 May 1988 for income support as follows:
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Supplementary benefit live load at 17 November 1987 Income support live load at 31 May 1988 National (Great Britain) 5,045,062 4,508,724 Cleveland Eston 8,445 7,572 Hartlepool 12,365 11,083 Middlesbrough 23,141 20,854 Redcar 9,492 8,528 Stockton 20,321 17,597 Cumbria Carlisle 8,430 7,913 Kendal 2,732 2,418 Workington 5,755 5,337 Whitehaven 4,617 4,218 Penrith 2,043 1,747 Barrow 8,116 7,504
Supplementary benefit live load at 17 November 1987 Income support live load at 31 May 1988 Durham Bishop Auckland 14,762 12,396 Chester-Le-Street 6,794 6,059 Darlington 13,905 13,110 Durham 6,174 5,452 Peterlee 7,396 6,145 Seaham 3,154 2,680 Stanley 10,502 9,482 Northumberland Ashington 7,097 6,503 Berwick 1,887 1,738 Blyth 8,872 7,816 Hexham 2,865 2,613 Tyne and Wear Gateshead 23,898 21,267 Houghton-Le-Spring 4,541 4,092 Jarrow 8,693 7,582 Newcastle St. James 17,303 15,156 Newcastle East 17,170 15,278 Newcastle West 11,836 10,336 North Shields 11,462 9,812 South Shields 14,040 12,130 Sunderland North 20,612 18,670 Sunderland South 16,131 15,014 Wallsend 9,202 8,035 (The source is a 100 per cent. count of cases in action. These figures may, however, overstate the number of people receiving supplementary benefit. Claims records were updated during the conversion to income support. The exercise showed that some claims were still recorded as live even though the person was no longer receiving supplementary benefit. This means that some counts of the number of supplementary benefit claims do not reflect the fall in the number of people receiving supplementary benefit.)
§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants will not receive any overall increase in their benefit income in April 1989(a) for the United Kingdom as a whole and (b) for each of his Department's local offices in the counties of (i) Cleveland, (ii) Cumbria, (iii) Durham, (iv) Northumberland and (v) Tyne and Wear, both numerically and as a percentage of benefit claimants.
§ Mr. Peter LloydEstimates are readily available only for those receiving income support. The latest figures for Great Britain as a whole indicate that about ½ million or 11 per cent. of claimants will not receive any overall increase in their income support in April. The information is not available on an office by office basis.