§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will express the number of unemployed claimants and their dependants as a percentage of all claimants for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. PortilloThe table shows the number of unemployed supplementary benefit claimants and their dependants as a percentage of all supplementary benefit claimants and their dependants.
Year Percentage 1977 30.25 1978 27.22 1979 25.52 1980 34.11 1981 43.18 1982 46.99 1983 47.71 1984 47.92 1986 47.67 1987 44.05 Source: annual statistical inquiries.
There was no annual statistical inquiry in 1985; the one due in December that year was deferred until February 1986.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of claimants and dependants on supplementary benefit at the latest available date.
§ Mr. PortilloIn May 1987, the latest date for which this information is available, 4,896,000 claimants had a total of 3,309,000 dependents.
Source: Annual statistical inquiry.
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of claimants dependent on supplementary benefit for five years or more for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. PortilloThe information is as follows:
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Year Thousands 1977 1,301 1978 1,303 1979 1,287
Year Thousands 1980 1,305 1981 1,367 1982 1,398 1983 1,404 1984 1,449 1986 1,561 1987 1,692 Source: Annual statistical inquiries.
There was no annual statistical inquiry in 1985: the one due in December that year was deferred until February 1986.