§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the total number of claimants in 403W 1997–98 for (a) jobseeker's allowance (income based), (b) jobseeker's allowance (contribution based only), (c) housing benefit with jobseeker's allowance and (d) council tax benefit with jobseeker's allowance. [59564]
§ Angela EagleThe information is set out in the table. There is an overlap in the figures as most claimants receive both Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.
Jobseeker's Allowance claimants, May 1997 Number of recipients Jobseeker's Allowance (Income-based) 1,224,000 Jobseeker's Allowance (Contribution-based only) 181,000 Housing Benefit with Jobseeker's Allowance 693,000 Council Tax Benefit with Jobseeker's Allowance 686,000 Notes:
- 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.
- 2. Information refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple.
- 3. Figures will undercount the number of unemployed jobseeker's as they exclude claimants receiving National Insurance Credits only.
- 4. Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit figures do not include second adult rebate cases.
- 5. The figures shown are at May 1997, and are the latest available in the period specified.
Sources:
- 1. Jobseeker's Allowance Statistics Quarterly Enquiry, May 1997.
- 2. Housing Benefit Management information System, annual 1 per cent. sample of claimants with and without Income Support/Jobseeker's Allowance, taken at the end of May 1997.