§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people claim income support at the local offices of his Department in(a) Leeds, West, (b) Leeds metropolitan district council area, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) England both as a figure and as a percentage of total population.
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 4 March 1991]: Data are not available for the total adult population on the date and for the precise geographical areas to which the information relates. The number of claimants receiving income support is as follows:
Number Leeds West 10,830 Leeds Area 62,244 West, Yorkshire 181,528 England 3,693,297 Note:
All data derived from 30 November 1990 count of cases in action, which include a number of cases where payment has ceased but other action is continuing. Data are provisional and subject to amendment.