§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the number of unemployed claimants and lone parents on supplementary benefit or income support receiving financial help with mortgage interest each year since 1979; and what each of these numbers was as a percentage of total unemployed claimants and of total lone parents.
§ Miss WiddecombeEstimates are given in the table.
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Unemployed claimants Lone parent claimants Year Number with mortgage As a percentage of all unemployed claimants Number with mortgage As a percentage of all lone parent claimants As a percentage of total lone parents 1986 200,000 10 50,000 9 5 1987 160,000 9 58,000 9 6 1988 114,000 8 62,000 9 6 1989 88,000 8 67,000 9 16 1990 88,000 9 77,000 10 — 1 Based on a provisional estimate of total lone parents. Notes:
(1) No Enquiry was undertaken in 1985.
(2) Figures for numbers of claimants are rounded to the nearest 1,000.
(3) Figures from 1983 onwards are not comparable with earlier figures because Enquiry data was collected on a different basis.
(4) Supplementary benefit was replaced by income support in 1988.
(5) No estimate of the number of lone parents is available for 1990.
Source: Income Support Annual Statistical Enquiries.
Population Trends 65.