§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the numbers of claimants in receipt of (a) sickness benefit, (b) invalidity benefit/pension, (c) industrial disablement benefit and (d) non-contributory invalidity pension/housewives non-contributory invalidity pension or severe disablement allowance for the latest available year in Leyton and Leytonstone.
§ Mr. MajorThe London postal districts of Leyton and Leytonstone are covered by the Department's office at Leytonstone although the boundaries are not conterminous. The number of claimants at that office in receipt of sickness and invalidity benefit/pension and severe disablement allowance as at 11 March 1986, and in receipt of industrial disablement benefit as at 11 February 1986 (the latest dates for which information is available) is as follows:
Numbers Sickness and invalidity benefit/pension 1,395 Severe disablement allowance 355 Industrial disablement benefit 217 Separate records are not kept of the number of claimants in receipt of sickness and invalidity benefit/pension.
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§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the numbers of claimant couples with children in receipt of(a) unemployment benefit only, (b) supplementary benefit only and (c) unemployment and supplementary benefit for the latest available year in Leyton and Leytonstone.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the numbers of claimants in receipt of (a) unemployment benefit only, (b) supplementary benefit only and (c) both unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the latest available year in Leyton and Leytonstone excluding pensioner claimants and claimants with children.
§ Mr. MajorThe boundaries of unemployment benefit offices and local social security offices are not conterminous and therefore it is not possible to provide comparable local figures for claimants receiving unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit.
On 11 February 1986 (the latest date for which information is available) there were 9,930 people receiving supplementary benefit from the Leytonstone social security office of whom 6,755 were under pension age and of these 4,093 were unemployed. Information is not available to show how many of these have children.
§ Mr. Cohenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers of (a) single payments and (b) urgent needs payments, weekly and one-off, paid to (i) claimants under pensionable age not required to register for work, (ii) claimants under pensionable age required to register for work and (iii) persons over pensionable age and (x) the average rate per 1,000 claimants in (i), (ii) and (iii), (y) the average payment in (i), (ii) and (iii) arid (z) the number of claimants with dependent children for the latest available year in Leyton and Leytonstone.
§ Mr. MajorThe London postal districts of Leyton and Leytonstone are covered by the Department's office at Leytonstone, although the boundaries are not conterminous.
The table shows the information available on (a) single payments and (b) urgent need payments for the year up to March 1985 (the latest available figures). Comparable information about claimants with dependent children is only available on a national basis.
(i) people under pension age not required to register for work (ii) unemployed people (iii) people over pension age (a) single payments No. of awards 2,114 1,726 482 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 949 435 143 Average payment £ 86 89 65 (b) urgent need payments No. of awards 227 348 13 Average rate per 1,000 claimants 102 88 4 Information is not kept of the amounts of urgent need payments made.