§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioners in Scotland(a) are dependent on income support and (b) have incomes less than £10 above income support levels.
§ Mr. BurtThe number of pensioners dependant on income support in Scotland is 170,000.
Using income bought to account for income support purposes, it is estimated that 95,000 pensioners in Scotland have income within £10 of income support thresholds.
Source:Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry August 1993.Notes:
- 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand for the first part of the answer and to the nearest five thousand for the second pan.
- 2. Pensioners dependant on Income Support are defined as claimants and partners over pensionable age.
- 3. The second part of the answer has been modelled from the 1989, 1990 and 1991 Family Expenditure data uprated to 1994–95 prices and benefit levels.
- 4. Income Support thresholds include Income Support housing requirements such as mortgage interest.