§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed(a) incapacity benefit and (b) jobseeker's allowance in (i) the Bury St. Edmunds parliamentary constituency and (ii) the county of Suffolk in each year since 1997. [187188]
§ Maria EagleThe most recent information is in the tables.
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People claiming incapacity benefit in the Bury St. Edmunds parliamentary constituency and Suffolk
As at February Bury St. Edmunds parliamentary
constituency
Suffolk 1997 2,000 18,200 1998 2,100 19,200 1999 2,300 18,800 2000 2,000 19,200 2001 2,600 19,600 2002 2,800 19,500 2003 2,700 19,700 2004 2,700 20,100 Notes: 1. Incapacity benefit figures include those getting severe disablement allowance and national insurance credits only. 2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred. 3. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
4. Numbers are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation. 5. Local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory. 6. Suffolk is made up of the following LAs: Babergh, Forest Heath, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk Coastal, and Waveney. Source: DWP-IAD Information Centre 5 per cent. sample.
People claiming job seekers allowance in the Bury St. Edmunds parliamentary constituency and Suffolk. As at July Bury St. Edmunds parliamentary
constituency
Suffolk 1997 1,350 13,769 1998 1,119 11,342 1999 991 10,390 2000 818 8,472 2001 742 7,437 2002 771 7,538 2003 754 7,877 2004 683 7,153 Source: Count of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus computer systems (including clerically held cases).