HC Deb 22 July 1981 vol 9 cc162-72W
Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update table 34.81 of the Social Security Statistics for 1980.

Mrs. Chalker

Following is the information:

Supplementary Benefit: Table 34.81
Recipients of regular weekly payments on 3 December 1980: number of children under age 16
Thousands
Supplementary pensions Supplementary allowances
Unemployed Sick and disabled
All supplementary benefits All pensions Retirement pensioners and NI widows aged 60 and over Others All allowances With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit NI widows under age 60 One-parent families not included in the other groups Others
All cases 3,118 1,694 1,593 101 1,423 176 678 57 148 15 316 34
Without children under 16 2,549 1,690 1,590 100 859 84 544 46 144 12 — 30
With children under 16 569 4 3 1 564 92 134 11 4 2 316 4
Number of children:
1 254 3 3 — 251 32 45 5 2 2 164 1
2 180 1 — — 180 31 46 4 1 — 96 1
3 86 — — — 85 17 25 2 1 — 39 1
4 33 — — — 33 8 11 1 — — 12 —
5 or more 16 — — — 16 3 7 — — — 4 —

Source: Estimates based on a sample of 1 in 20 supplementary pension cases and 1 in 50 supplementary allowance cases.

Note: Due to rounding, component parts may not sum to the totals.

Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update table 34.31 of the Social Security Statistics for 1980.

Mrs. Chalker

Following is the information:

Supplementary Benefit: Table 34.31
Numbers receiving regular weekly payments on 3 December 1980: Recipients and dependents
Thousands
Supplementary pensions Supplementary allowances
Unemployed Sick and disabled
All supplementary benefits All pensions Retirement pensioners and NI widows aged 60 and over Others All allow-ances With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit NI widows under age 60 One-parent families not included in the other groups Others
Number of persons provided for 4,863 1,981 1,872 109 2,882 487 1,172 105 169 18 875 56
Persons in receipt of regular weekly payments 3,118 1,694 1,593 101 1,423 176 678 57 148 15 316 34
Number of dependents:
Wives 621 280 273 6 341 109 187 26 8 — — 11
Total children under 16 years 1,088 5 4 1 1,083 198 296 21 9 3 547 9
Under 5 years 358 — — — 357 79 94 6 2 — 174 2
5–10 years 401 1 1 — 400 69 109 6 3 1 208 3
11–12 years 141 1 — — 140 21 40 3 2 1 72 2
13–15 years 189 4 3 1 185 28 53 5 2 1 92 2
Other dependents 16 years and over 36 2 1 1 34 5 11 1 3 1 12 2

Source: Estimates based on a sample of 1 in 200 supplementary pension cases and 1 in 50 supplementary allowance cases.

Miss Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update table 34.89 of the Social Security Statistics for 1980.

Mrs. Chalker

Following is the information:

SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT TABLE 34.89
Recipients of regular weekly payments on 3 December 1980: duration of benefit (a) up to that date
Supplementary Pensions Supplementary allowances
Unemployed Sick and disabled
Duration Units All supplementary benefits All pensions Retirement pensioners and NI widows aged 60 and over Others All Allowances With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit With contributory benefit Without contributory benefit NI widows under age 60 One parent families not included in the other groups Others
All durations Thousands 3,118 1,694 1,593 101 1,423 176 678 57 148 15 316 34
Per cent. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Under 3 months Thousands 420 43 41 2 377 93 224 13 10 1 33 3
Per cent. 13.5 2.5 2.6 1.9 26.5 53.0 33.1 22.7 6.7 9.5 10.3 9.5
3 months but less than 6 Thousands 266 34 32 1 232 46 141 5 8 1 27 3
Per cent. 8.5 2.0 2.0 1.5 16.3 26.3 20.8 9.3 5.3 8.5 8.6 8.4
6 months but less than 1 year Thousands 249 69 67 3 180 33 89 6 8 1 41 2
Per cent. 8.0 4.1 4.2 2.8 12.6 19.0 13.2 10.4 5.5 5.1 12.8 5.7
1 year but less than 2 Thousands 283 118 113 5 165 3 89 6 12 1 51 3
Per cent. 9.1 7.0 7.1 4.9 11.6 1.4 13.1 10.9 7.9 7.8 16.3 8.9
2 years but less than 3 Thousands 216 129 125 4 88 — 36 4 8 1 35 2
Per cent. 6.9 7.6 7.8 3.6 6.2 0.1 5.4 7.5 5.6 8.9 11.0 6.7
3 years but less than 4 Thousands 211 139 136 3 72 — 28 4 7 2 29 3
Per cent. 6.8 8.2 8.5 2.9 5.1 — 4.1 7.0 4.8 10.6 9.2 7.9
4 years but less than 5 Thousands 168 109 104 5 59 — 22 2 7 1 24 2
Per cent. 5.4 6.4 6.5 4.6 4.1 — 3.2 4.4 5.0 7.4 7.5 6.9
5 years but less than 10 Thousands 529 386 369 17 143 — 37 8 30 4 57 8
Per cent. 17.0 22.8 23.2 16.9 10.0 — 5.5 13.6 19.9 25.2 17.9 24.5
10 years or over Thousands 776 668 606 62 108 — 11 8 58 2 20 7
Per cent. 24.9 39.4 38.0 61.0 7.6 — 1.7 14.2 39.3 17.0 6.5 21.4

Source: Estimates based on a sample of 1 in 200 supplementary pension cases and 1 in 50 supplementary allowance cases.

Note: (a) Breaks in payment of less than 1 week are ignored.