§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the number of regular weekly payments and supplementary allowances paid to persons other than those unemployed in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and the eight regions in England; and if she will express each figure per head of population;
(2) what is the number of regular weekly payments of supplementary allowances to unemployed persons in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and the eight regions in England; and if she will express each figure per head of population;
(3) what is the number of regular weekly payments of supplementary pension in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and the eight regions in England; and if she will express each figure per head of population, and per head of population aged 65 years and over.
§ Mr. Alec JonesInformation relating to 23rd April 1974 is given in the following table. I regret that it is not possible to provide information as at that date for each of the eight regions in England.
531W
532W533W
Number in receipt of supplementary benefit Number per 1,000 head of population Total population* Pensioners Unemployed Other supplementary allowance recipients Pensioners Unemployed Other supplementary allowance recipients Population aged 65 and over* Number in receipt of supplementary pension† Number per 1,000 head of population aged 65 and over Great Britain … … 54,460,600 1,821,000 319,000 591,000 33 6 11 7,422,400 1,821,100 245 Scotland … … 5,211,700 181,000 48,000 63,000 35 9 12 669,100 181,000 271 Wales … … 2,757,400 109,000 22,000 43,000 40 8 15 377,500 109,000 289 England … … 46,491,500 1,531,000 250,000 485,000 33 5 10 6,375,800 1,531,000 240 * Based on census estimate for mid-June 1973. † Includes some female supplementary pensioners aged between 60 and 64.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications for disablement benefit under the Industrial Injuries Act originated from each of the counties of Wales in each year since 1953; how many originated from slate quarrymen and how many from coal miners; and how many were rejected.
§ Mr. Alec JonesI regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of weekly payments of sickness benefit in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and the eight regions in England; and if she will express the payment for each country and region per head of population.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe following table gives the average weekly number of payments of sickness benefit in the 12 months ended June 1973, the latest period for which figures are available.
SICKNESS BENEFIT Country or region Average weekly number of payments (thousands) Average number of payments per head of total population Great Britain 486 0.009 Scotland 56 0.011 Wales 35 0.013 England 394 0.009 North 36 0.011 Yorkshire and Humberside 51 0.011 East Midlands 30 0.009 East Anglia 11 0.007 South-East 121 0.007 South-West 27 0.007 West Midlands 44 0.009 North-West 74 0.011
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of persons in receipt of maternity benefit in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and the eight regions in England during the last year for which figures are available; and if she will express each figure per head of population.
§ Mr. Alec JonesIt has been assumed that the Question relates to the weekly maternity allowance rather than to the lump sum maternity grant. The follow-534W ing table gives the number of people who received maternity allowance in the year ended December 1972.
MATERNITY ALLOWANCE Country or region Number of women who received maternity allowance in 1972 (thousands) Number of maternity allowance awards per head of total population Great Britain 225 0.004 Scotland 22 0.004 Wales 10 0.004 England 192 0.004 North 13 0.004 Yorkshire and Humberside 20 0.004 East Midlands 14 0.004 East Anglia 7 0.004 South-East 71 0.004 South-West 15 0.004 West Midlands 21 0.004 North-West 31 0.005
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of weekly payments of disablement benefit in Great Britain, Scotland. Wales and the eight regions in England; and if she will express each figure per head of population.
§ Mr. Alec JonesFollowing is the information:
DISABLEMENT BENEFIT Country or region Number in payment (thousands) Number in payment per head of population Great Britain 202* 0.004 England 157 0.003 North 24 0.007 Yorkshire and Humberside 22 0.005 East Midlands 11 0.003 East Anglia 4 0.003 South-East 38 0.002 South-West 8 0.002 West Midlands 19 0.004 North-West 30 0.004 Wales 25 0.009 Scotland 17 0.003 * Includes three thousand persons overseas.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of weekly payments of industrial injury benefit in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and the eight regions in England; and if she will express each figure per head of population.
535W
§ Mr. Alec JonesFollowing is the information:
INJURY BENEFIT Country or region Number in payment (thousands) Number in payment per head of population Great Britain 55 0.001 England 41 0.001 North 6 0.002 Yorkshire and Humberside 8 0.002 East Midlands 4 0.001 East Anglia 1 0.001 South-East 9 0.001 South-West 3 0.001 West Midlands 4 0.001 North-West 7 0.001 Wales 6 0.002 Scotland 7 0.001
§ Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many recipients of supplementary benefit there are whose weekly benefit is between l0p and 19p inclusive, between 20p and 29p inclusive and between 30p and 39p inclusive, respectively.
§ Mr. Alec JonesI regret that this information is not available in exactly the form requested, but the following table gives details of the regular weekly payments of supplementary benefit of 40p or under as at November 1973:
Amount Number * 1p–10p 9,600 11p–20p 8,000 21p–30p 14,500 31p–40p 15,600 *Payments of less than 10p weekly arise only where supplementary benefit is paid together with, for example, unemployment benefit or retirement pension.