Habitual Residence Test

HC Deb 24 November 1995 vol 267 cc351-2W

Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants for income support have been subjected to the habitual residence test since its inception. [1829]

Income support families with/without dependants by gender, region and marital status 1994
Region	All cases	Cases without dependants	Cases with dependants
		Females	Males	Females	Males
		With partner	Single	With partner	Single	With partner	Single	With partner	Single
South East (excluding London)	795,000	6,000	274,000	59,000	225,000	4,000	143,000	74,000	10,000
London (inner and outer)	939,000	7,000	272,000	57,000	318,000	6,000	186,000	79,000	13,000
North	359,000	2,000	117,000	27,000	109,000	2,000	64,000	33,000	4,000
Wales	323,000	2,000	110,000	23,000	93,000	2,000	60,000	28,000	4,000
Scotland	556,000	5,000	191,000	36,000	181,000	3,000	99,000	33,000	8,000
Yorkshire and Humberside	517,000	4,000	177,000	39,000	151,000	3,000	89,000	48,000	6,000
East Midlands	353,000	3,000	117,000	29,000	101,000	2,000	64,000	32,000	5,000
East Anglia	163,000	1,000	58,000	15,000	44,000	1,000	28,000	14,000	2,000
South west	388,000	3,000	137,000	31,000	114,000	2,000	65,000	31,000	5,000
West Midlands	547,000	5,000	184,000	43,000	156,000	3,000	94,000	55,000	6,000
North west	761,000	7,000	254,000	48,000	234,000	5,000	148,000	56,000	9,000
Total	5,700,000	47,000	1,891,000	408,000	1,727,000	35,000	1,039,000	482,000	70,000
England	4,821,000	40,000	1,590,000	349,000	1,453,000	29,000	880,000	420,000	59,000
Scotland	556,000	5,000	191,000	36,000	181,000	3,000	99,000	33,000	8,000
Wales	323,000	2,000	110,000	23,000	93,000	2,000	60,000	28,000	4,000
Great Britain	5,700,000	47,000	1,891,000	408,000	1,727,000	35,000	1,039,000	482,000	70,000

Notes:

1. Single includes separated, temporarily separated, widowed, divorced, and prisoners' partners.

2. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. Due to rounding some of the totals may not tally.

3. A dependant is defined as under the age of 19.

Source: Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry November 1994.

Mr. Roger Evans

The habitual residence test has applied to all claimants for income support who have made either a new or repeat claim since 1 August 1994. Figures relating to those claimants who indicated on their claim forms that they entered the United Kingdom within the five years prior to the claim are available in the Library.