§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons are in receipt of (a) supplementary benefit and (b) unemployment benefit in the Leicester, East constituency, as compared with the whole of the city of Leicester; if he will list the categories under which benefit is claimed; and if he will give the equivalent figures for the past five years.
§ Mr. WhitneyLeicester, East constituency is served by two of the Department's offices: Leicester (Yeoman street) and Leicester (Norton street). Their boundaries are not coterminous with the Leicester, East constituency. The number of persons in receipt of supplementary benefit at February 1985 and for the preceding five years was:
February pension age Persons over pension age Persons under pension age required to register for employment Persons under pension age not required to register for employment 1985 10,641 11,981 8,623 1984 10,371 11,939 7,875 1983 10,650 11,599 6,678 1982 10,224 9,623 5,543 1981 10,149 6,833 4,733 1980 10,009 3,991 4,410 Leicester city is served by four of the Department's offices. Their boundaries are not coterminous with Leicester city. The number of persons in receipt of supplementary benefit at February 1985 and for the preceding five years was:
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Means and standard deviations of the distributions of birthweights (grams) United Kingdom, England and Wales, England, Regional Health Authorities, 1980 to 1983 1980 1981 1982 1983 Area Mean Standard deviation Mean Standard deviation Mean Standard deviation Mean Standard deviation United Kingdom Total births 3,281 561 3,291 569 3,290 569 3,292 571 Live births 3,290 548 3,304 546 3,297 553 3,299 555
February Persons over age pension age Persons under pension age required to register for employment Persons under pension age not required to register for employment 1985 18,203 20,069 14,328 1984 18,170 19,559 13,020 1983 18,741 19,555 10,871 1982 18,028 15,967 8,931 1981 17,730 11,339 7,693 1980 17,637 6,503 7,277 Details of the number of persons in receipt of unemployment benefit in the Leicester, East constituency are not available. The number of persons in receipt of unemployment benefit in Leicester in November 1983 (the latest available information) and the five preceding years was:
Number November 1983 7,777 November 1982 8,905 February 1982* 9,555 November 1980 8,514 November 1979 3,134 February 1979* 3,273 * Figures for November 1981 and November 1978 are not available.