§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants had unemployment benefit disallowed due to non-availability for work in each year since 1979; and if he will provide a breakdown on these figures identifying the numbers whose unemployment benefit was disallowed(a) due to premature termination of training, (b) for the refusal of suitable employment and (c) because they voluntarily made themselves redundant.
§ Mr. BurtThe information is available only from 1984 and not in the form requested. Numbers of disallowances on grounds of non-availability are shown in the tables together with the numbers of disqualifications under(a), (b) and (c).
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All data rounded to nearest thousand.
Source: Income Support Statistics Annual Enquiries 1991 and 1992.
Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry 1993.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what were the cash limit values of each category of income support in residential and nursing care in each year since 1990; and what percentage they represent in real terms of the limit values in April 1985.
§ Mr. BurtThe information is in the table.
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Totals of adjudication officers opinions1 and decisions and numbers of disallowances on cases of availability Availability All decisions Disallowances 1984 83,112 46,439 1985 92,628 52,825 1986 120,043 67,127 1987 179,213 91,181 1988 163,899 86,806 1989 96,153 53,237 1990 57,811 33,499 Quarter March 19912 10,848 6,165 Year ending March 1992 86,336 50,183 Year ending March 1993 87,328 49,463 Half-year September 1993 36,459 23,241 Quarter-year December 1993 24,565 15,217 1 Opinions on availability are given by Adjudication Officers in the Employment Service on claims for Income Support. 2 At the end of 1990 statistics ceased to be collected by calendar year and changed to a financial year, the quarter ending March 1991 is therefore shown as a separate quarter.
Totals of adjudication officers opinions and decisions and numbers of disqualifications on cases of refusal of employment, leaving employment voluntarily and premature termination of training Refusal of employment Leaving voluntarily Premature termination of training1 All decisions Disqualification All decisions Disqualification All decisions Disqualification 1984 6,021 1,150 480,679 288,120 38,341 25,591 1985 6,128 2,039 499,084 306,588 42,428 29,389 1986 7,795 2,677 521,097 323,001 41,490 29,057 1987 8,907 2,906 553,086 342,761 46,228 28,421 1988 8,436 3,035 456,222 278,019 28,083 18,004 1989 10,081 3,786 413,928 235,890 4,931 3,132 1990 7,500 3,415 403,428 231,053 3,741 2,243 19912 923 415 98,465 53,495 — — 19923 2,788 1,143 396,339 203,168 — — 19933 1,824 685 338,161 168,567 — — 19934 573 191 165,269 81,059 — — 19935 949 476 97,177 48,339 — — 1 At the end of 1990 statistics for disqualifications of benefit due to premature termination of training, ceased to be collected separately and cannot therefore be shown. 2 Quarter year March. At the end of 1990 statistics ceased to be collected by calendar year and changed to a financial year the quarter ending March 1991 is therefore shown as a separate quarter. 3 Year ending March. 4 Half year September. 5 Quarter year December.