§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish for each month since April 1988 the number of people submitting claims for income support and family credit and the number unsuccessful; and if the latter data can be expressed as a percentage of the former.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe available information is in the tables.
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Income support Period Claims received Unsuccessful claims Unsuccessful claims as a percentage of claims received 11–30 April 1988 206,061 32,595 15.8 May 1988 285,703 69,318 24.3 June 1988 336,929 74,935 22.3 July 1988 430,369 68,781 16.0 August 1988 351,719 72,752 20.7 September 1988 366,026 61,121 16.7 October 1988 328,929 71,649 21.8
Family credit Period Claims received Invalid claims Valid claims disallowed Unsuccessful claims as a percentage of valid claims received 11–30 April 1988 96,505 5,199 18,897 32.0 May 1988 41,721 June 1988 52,293 3,313 13,392 27.0 July 1988 46,100 3,142 14,570 27.8 August 1988 46,376 3,143 14,883 27.0 September 1988 47,759 2,190 8,660 26.4 October 1988 56,373 2,808 14,886 24.9 November 1988 57,850 2,690 15,226 24.8 December 1988 44,834 2,521 12,629 26.1 January 1989 63,638 3,621 15,696 26.9 February 1989 60,318 3,222 15,506 25.6 March 1989 68,637 4,279 15,189 24.4 Source: Local office and family credit branch data collected for management information purposes. They are provisional and subject to amendment.
§ Mr. RandallTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are on(a) income support, (b) family credit and (c) unemployment benefit.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe latest available figures are:
Number (a) Income Support 4,416,000 (b) Family Credit 254,000 (c) Unemployment Benefit 500,000