§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what was the number and rate per 1,000 of the population of people on supplementary pension (a)nationally (b)in each social security region and (c)in each standard economic planning region for each year 1979 to the latest available date;
(2) what was the number and rate per 1,000 of the population of people on supplementary benefit (a)nationally, (b)in each social security region and (c)in each standard economic planning region for each year from 1979 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Major[pursuant to his reply, 19 December 1985, c. 321]: The information for Great Britain as a whole is as follows:
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Numbers of claimants and dependants on supplementary pension (000s) 2,046 1,981 2,039 2,098 1,925 Rate per 1,000 of the pensioner population 214 204 207 212 195 Numbers of claimants and dependants on supplementary benefit* (000s) 4,370 4,863 6,121 7,070 7,238 Rate per 1,000 of the total population 80 89 112 129 132 As information on population is not available for all social security regions and information on supplementary benefit recipients is not available for all standard regions, comparative rates are available only for England, Wales and Scotland as follows: 743W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 England Numbers of claimant and dependants on supplementary pension (000s) 1,756 1,709 1,752 1,814 1,654 Rate per 1,000 of the pensioner population 209 203 208 215 196 Numbers of claimants and dependants on supplementary benefit* (000s) 3,652 4,092 5,144 5,939 6,088 Rate per 1,000 of the total population 78 87 110 127 130 Wales Numbers of claimants and dependants on supplementary pension (000s) 117 108 113 111 109 Rate per 1,000 of the pensioner population 220 203 212 209 205 Numbers of claimants and dependants on supplementary benefit* (000s) 267 290 370 426 437 Rate per 1,000 of the total population 95 103 131 152 156 Scotland Numbers of claimants and dependants on supplementary pension (000s) 173 164 174 173 163 Rate per 1,000 of the pensioner population 196 186 196 196 185
Age in 1988 and earnings levels Table number in the technical annex to the White Paper P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 16 low earner 83 83 60 60 * * middle earner 126 126 80 80 * * high earner 161 161 110 110 * * 20 low earner 81 81 59 59 99 99 middle earner 121 121 78 78 146 146 high earner 154 154 106 106 146 146 30 low earner 75 75 56 54 90 88 middle earner 110 110 72 69 131 131 high earner 138 138 96 91 131 131 40 low earner 70 68 52 49 77 73 middle earner 100 100 67 60 118 118 high earner 124 124 87 77 118 118 * Amounts were not shown for these cases in tables P5 and P6 of the technical annex.