HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 cc672-3W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in the Doncaster and Mexborough areas of South Yorkshire were receiving(a) attendance allowance at (i) the higher rate and (ii) the lower rate, (b) invalid care allowance, (c) mobility allowance, (d) invalidity benefit, (e) severe disablement allowance, (f) industrial disablement pension, (g) war disablement pension, (h) retirement pension, (i) income support and (j) supplementary benefit at the latest dates for which figures are available; what are those dates; and if he will give comparable figures for five years and 10 years ago.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I regret that information is not available in the precise form requested. Nor are detail

Doncaster, East Doncaster, West Mexborough2 Wath-on-Dearne3
(d) Invalidity Benefit1
As at 31 January 1989 4,461 5,831 2,220 —
As at 15 January 1985 3,912 4,659 1,562 —
(e) Severe Disablement Allowance
As at 31 January 1989 701 933 239 —
As at 15 January 1985 213 692 132 —
(i) Income Support
As at 30 November 1988 10,164 12,951 — 7,118
(j) Supplementary Benefit
As at 18 November 1987 11,712 14,559 — 7,879
As at 6 December 1983 10,269 12,633 — 7,172
As at 27 November 1979 5,818 7,082 — 4,170
1 Includes an unknown number of sickness benefit claimants as separate records of sickness/invalidity benefit claimants are not kept.
2 Mexborough NIO does not deal with income support/supplementary benefit claims.
3 Wath-on-Dearne local office deals only with income support/supplementary benefit claims.

Note: With the exception of supplementary benefit, comparable figures for five years and 10 years ago are no longer held.

Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action. The figures include a small number of cases not actually in receipt of benefit. The data for 1988 are provisional and subject to amendment.