§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what was the number of claimants in receipt of (a) unemployment benefit, (b) supplementary benefit and (c) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit excluding lone parents, couples with children and pensioners for the latest available year in Scotland;
(2) what was the number of claimant couples with children in receipt of (a) family income supplement, (b) unemployment benefit (c) supplementary benefit and (d) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the latest available year in Scotland;
(3) what was the number of lone parent claimants in receipt of (a) family income supplement, (b) unemployment benefit, (c) supplementary benefit and (d) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the latest available year in Wales;
(4) what was the number of claimants in receipt of (a) unemployment benefit, (b) supplementary benefit and (c) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit excluding lone parents, couples with children and pensioners for the latest available year in Wales;
(5) what is the number of lone parent claimants in receipt of (a) family income supplement, (b) unemployment benefit, (c) supplementary benefit and (d) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the latest available year in Scotland;
(6) what was the number of claimant couples with children in receipt of (a) family income supplement, (b) unemployment benefit, (c) supplementary benefit and (d) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the latest available year in Wales;
(7) what was the number of claimants in receipt of (a) unemployment benefit (b) supplementary benefit and (c) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit, excluding lone parents, couples with children and pensioners for the latest available year;
(8) what was the number of claimant couples with children in receipt of (a) family income supplement, (b) unemployment benefit, (c) supplementary benefit and (d) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the latest available year;
(9) what was the number of lone parent claimants in receipt of (a) family income supplement, (b) unemployment benefit, (c) supplementary benefit and (d) unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit for the latest available year.
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what was the number of claimants in receipt of (a) sickness benefit, (b) invalidity benefit pension, (c) industrial disablement benefit and (d) non-contributory invalidity pension and housewives' non-contributory invalidity pension or (e) severe disablement allowance for the latest available year in Wales;
(2) what was the number of claimants in receipt of (a) sickness benefit, (b) invalidity benefit pension, (c) industrial disablement benefit and (d) non-contributory invalidity pension and housewives' non-contributory invalidity pension or (e) severe disablement allowance for the latest available year in Scotland;
(3) what was the number of claimants in receipt of (a) sickness benefit, (b) invalidity benefit pension, (c) 374W industrial disablement benefit and (d) non-contributory invalidity pension and housewives' non-conributory invalidity pension or (e) severe disablement allowance for the latest available year in England and Wales.
§ Mr. MajorThe information for the latest years for which annual statistics are available is set out in the following table. The figures derive from a computer analysis of statistical returns. Those for severe disablement allowance indicate that the figure given in the reply by my hon. Friend the Minister for Social Security and the Disabled to the hon. Member for Dunfermline, West (Mr. Douglas) on 29 November 1985 at columns714–15, for October 1985, which was based on a clerical count, was under-estimated.
England and Wales Wales Scotland Sickness benefit* 295,000 26,000 43,000 Invalidity benefit* 630,000 88,000 102,000 Industrial disablement benefit† 170,000 20,000 16,000 Severe disablement allowance‡ 220,000 19,000 32,000 * As at 2 April 1983.
† As at 30 September 1983.
‡ As at 30 March 1985.