HC Deb 09 June 1989 vol 154 cc253-5W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will publish a table showing(a) the numbers of claimants of all supplementary benefits, (b) the numbers of claimants of supplementary pensions, (c) the numbers of claimants of supplementary allowances and (d) the numbers of claimants of supplementary benefits required to be available for work, in respect of his Department's local offices at Eston, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Stockton each April 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1987;

Number of claimants receiving Supplementary Benefit/Income Support by statistical category
Local Office 1 May 1979 May 1981 May 1983 May 1985 May 1987 2May 1988 February 1989
Eston ILO E 1,101 2,308 3,909 4,462 3,762 3,106 3,178
A 1,143 1,167 1,771 2,499 2,752 2,444 2,581
P 2,266 2,070 1,903 2,161 2,053 2,022 1,985
Total 4,510 5,545 7,583 9,122 8,567 7,572 7,744
Hartlepool ILO E 2,511 3,674 5,761 6,260 5,188 4,245 4,405
A 1,616 1,809 2,766 3,627 3,980 3,297 3,514
P 3,859 3,758 3,380 3,724 3,576 3,541 3,395
Total 7,986 9,241 11,907 13,611 12,744 11,083 11,314

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Details showing the monthly anticipated level of expenditure for the period April 1989 to March 1990 as a percentage of the total annual budget for each of the offices are given in the table.

Details of the national anticipated level of expenditure are available in the Library.

(2) if he will publish a table showing (a) the total numbers of claimants receiving income support, (b) claimants of income support receiving pensioner premiums and (c) the number of claimants of income support required to be available for work, in respect of his Department's local offices at Eston, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Stockton each April in 1988 and 1989.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information is as follows:

Local Office 1 May 1979 May 1981 May 1983 May 1985 May 1987 2 May 1988 February 1989
Middlesbrough ILO E 3,508 6,958 10,417 12,013 10,471 8,578 8,607
A 3,181 3,365 4,931 6,973 7,818 6,935 7,114
P 5,126 4,935 4,906 5,408 5,390 5,341 5,095
Total 11,815 15,258 20,254 24,394 23,679 20,854 20,816
Redcar ILO E 970 2,165 3,977 4,724 3,980 3,378 3,437
A 1,194 1,188 1,717 2,450 2,843 2,531 2,681
P 2,729 2,561 2,494 2,630 2,547 2,565 2,539
Total 4,893 5,914 8,188 9,804 9,370 8,474 8,657
Stockton ILO E 2,828 5,867 8,775 10,059 8,851 6,873 6,803
A 2,562 2,825 4,154 5,689 6,476 5,596 5,880
P 5,043 4,973 4,425 4,978 5,048 5,128 4,989
Total 10,433 13,665 17,354 20,726 20,375 17,597 17,672
Note:
1 E = claimants required to be available for work.
A = claimants not required to register for work.
P = pensioners.
2 1988 and 1989 data are provisional and subject to amendment.

Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action, which include a number of cases where benefit payment has ceased but other action is continuing.