Income Support (Hansard, 3 April 1990)

§ Mr. Frank Field
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the latest available data on the number of claimants of income support, together with the number of dependants, in each of the parliamentary constituencies of Liverpool; and if he will give comparable data for 1979.

§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard
[holding answer 22 March 1990]: Data on the number of dependants are unavailable and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Data of the number of claimants of income support are unavailable by parliamentary constituency. Data for the Department's offices covering Liverpool as a whole are in the table:

Local Office Income Support Live Load (1)

1979 1990

Belle Vale 8,114 10,749

Bootle 11,524 12,908

Breckfield 10,030 15,189

City 7,674 7,571

Edge Hill¹ 7,912 14,918

Garston 8,161 8,688

Huyton 10,396 15,640

513W

Local Office Income Support Live Load (1)

1979 1990

Kirkby 7,105 15,858

Norris Green 5,740 7,517

Toxteth 6,498 15,651

WestDerby 7,361 4,523

¹previously Wavertree

Notes: (1)Source: 100 per cent. of cases in action. The figures include a small number of cases where benefit has ceased but other action on the case is continuing. Data for 1990 are provisional and subject to amendment.

§ Mr. Frank Field
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the latest available data on the number of claimants of income support, together with the number of dependants, in each of the Wirral parliamentary constituencies; and if he will give comparable data for 1979.

§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard
[holding answer 22 March 1990]: Data on the number of dependants are unavailable and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Data on the number of claimants of income support are unavailable by parliamentary constituency. Data for the Department's offices covering Wirral as a whole are in the table:

Local office Income support live load¹

1979 1990

Birkenhead North 10,828 15,057

Birkenhead South 6,479 9,985

Wallasey 7,910 11,359

¹ Source: 100 per cent. of the cases in action. These figures include a number of cases where benefit has ceased but other action on the case is continuing. Data for 1990 are provisional and subject to amendment.

Local Office	Income Support Live Load (1)
	1979	1990
Belle Vale	8,114	10,749
Bootle	11,524	12,908
Breckfield	10,030	15,189
City	7,674	7,571
Edge Hill¹	7,912	14,918
Garston	8,161	8,688
Huyton	10,396	15,640

Local office	Income support live load¹
	1979	1990
Birkenhead North	10,828	15,057
Birkenhead South	6,479	9,985
Wallasey	7,910	11,359
¹ Source: 100 per cent. of the cases in action. These figures include a number of cases where benefit has ceased but other action on the case is continuing. Data for 1990 are provisional and subject to amendment.