§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the latest figures for the Doncaster area as to how many people are receiving(a) income support, (b) family credit and (c) housing benefit; and what percentage of the Doncaster adult population this represents.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe latest available information is as follows:
Number Income support1 31,991 Family credit2 1,977 Housing benefit3 22,937 Notes: 1 Data derived from 30 November 1990 count of cases in action, which include a number of cases where payment has ceased but other action is continuing. 2 Number of families who, at the time their award was made, were living in the Doncaster area. Data does not include family credit awards made after 28 December 1990. 3 Total number of people in receipt of housing benefit in the Doncaster borough council area in November 1990. The borough council boundary is not conterminous with the boundary of the area covered by the Department's local offices in Doncaster and Wath-on-Dearne. Data are not available on the total adult population in Doncaster on the dates and for the precise geographical areas to which the above information relates.