§ Mr. Terry Fieldsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide a break-down of the number of social security claimants in Liverpool, Broadgreen, in each year since 1979, broken down to include; persons under pensionable age excluding the unemployed, unemployed persons and persons over pensionable age.
§ Mr. MajorLiverpool, Broadgreen is covered for social security purposes by the Department's offices at West Derby, Breckfield, Belle Vale and Edge Hill, but boundaries are not conterminous with the constituency.
The table shows the total number of people in receipt of supplementary benefit from these offices who were (a) under pension age, excluding the unemployed (b) unemployed and (c) over pension age in December of each year since 1981—the earliest available figures.
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1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 (a) Supplementary benefit claimants under pension age but not unemployed 8,227 8,623 9,838 11,794 12,555 (b) Supplementary benefit claimants unemployed 17,724 19,176 20,434 21,063 21,696 (c) Supplementary benefit claimants over pension age 13,877 13,892 11,882 11,880 12,153