HC Deb 15 January 1990 vol 165 cc112-3W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what number of people living within the(a) Doncaster and (b) Wath-on-Dearne Department of Social Security areas, are in receipt of income support for the latest available date for which he has figures; and what are the figures for 12 months ago.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The information is set out in the table:

Local office Numbers in receipt of Income Support on
30 November 1988 30 November 1989
Doncaster (East) 10,164 10,039
Doncaster (West) 12,951 13,388
Wath-on-Dearne 7,118 7,552

Source: 100 per cent count of cases in action. The figures given include a small number of cases not actually in receipt of benefit.