§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of people in Dundee now in receipt of supplementary benefit; what is their estimated number of dependants; and what were the corresponding figures for one year ago.
§ Mrs. ChalkerAt August 1981, the latest date for which information is available, 18, 100 people were receiving supplementary benefit from the two DHSS local offices in Dundee, which covers areas outside Dundee itself; this compares with 16, 700 in August 1980. I regret that information on the number of dependents is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The 1980 and 1981 figures are not strictly comparable as the 1981 figure does not include summer school leavers.
Source: 100 per cent. count of cases.
§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people without work in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne (b) Tyne and Wear county are in receipt of supplementary benefit; and what percentage of the unemployed each figure represents.
§ Mrs. ChalkerIn August 1981, the latest date for which information is available, it is estimated that there were 12, 500 unemployed supplementary beneficiaries in Newcastle upon Tyne, and 47, 000 in the county of Tyne and Wear as a whole. The figures represent about 57 and 52 per cent. respectively of the registered unemployed last August.
Sources: (1) August 1981 Quarterly Statistical Enquiry; (2) DE Count of registered unemployed on 13 August 1981.