HC Deb 27 June 1989 vol 155 cc416-7W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will list(a) the number of claimants of all supplementary benefits, (b) the number of claimants of supplementary pensions, (c) the number of claimants of supplementary allowances and (d) the numbers of claimants of supplementary benefits required to be available for work, in respect of his Department's local offices in Doncaster, and the Mexborough area, for April of each year from 1979 to 1989;

(2) if he will list (a) the total number of claimants receiving income support, (b) claimants of income support receiving pensioner premiums and (c) the number of claimants of income support required to be available for work, in respect of his Department's local offices in Doncaster, and the Mexborough area, for April of each year from 1979 to 1989;

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information is as follows:

Number of claimants receiving supplementary benefit income support by statistical category
Local office 1May 1979 May 1980 May 1981 May 1982 May 1983 May 1984 May 1985 May 1986 May 1987 May 1988 2May 1989
E 1,631 1,647 2,758 4,020 4,914 4,989 5,298 5,328 5,181 4,002 3,765
Doncaster East A 1,449 1,383 1,582 1,903 2,212 2,910 3,111 3,270 3,629 3,013 3,210
ILO P 2,686 2,683 2,744 2,751 2,889 2,889 2,899 2,904 3,059 3,131 3,143
Total 5,766 5,713 7,084 8,674 10,015 10,788 11,308 11,502 11,869 10,146 10,118
E 1,652 1,942 3,560 5,127 6,131 6,501 6,672 7,061 6,676 5,249 4,734
Doncaster West A 1,964 2,007 2,157 2,630 2,900 3,607 3,920 3,961 4,621 4,153 4,209
ILO P 3,531 3,536 3,528 3,876 3,600 3,760 3,551 3,495 3,644 3,516 3,452
Total 7,147 7,485 9,245 11,633 12,631 13,868 14,143 14,517 14,941 12,918 12,395
E 1,036 1,225 1,958 2,856 3,344 3,416 3,695 3,905 3,488 3,067 3,054
Wath-on-Dearne A 1,236 1,186 1,365 1,495 1,771 2,228 2,392 2,476 2,595 2,355 2,618
AO P 1,904 1,864 1,878 1,990 2,079 2,052 2,016 1,983 2,000 1,844 1,815
Total 4,176 4,275 5,201 6,341 7,194 7,696 8,103 8,364 8,083 7,266 7,487
1 E = claimants required to be available for work.
A = claimants not required to register for work.
P = pensioners.
2 1989 data are provisional and subject to amendment.
Source: 100 per cent. count of cases in action; this will include a number of cases where benefit payments have ceased but other action is continuing.

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