§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment by region and for Great Britain as a whole how many 16 and 17-year-olds were in receipt of extended child benefit and how many were in receipt of bridging allowance for each month since July 1990; how many young people in each region and in Great Britain exhausted their entitlement to either extended child benefit or the eight weeks bridging allowance; and if he will make a statement.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment by region and for Great Britain as a whole how many 16 and 17-year-olds for each month since July 1990 have made applications for income support on grounds of extreme hardship and how many have been granted or refused; what is his estimate of the number of 16 and 17-year-olds in that period who had been granted income support on grounds of being within an exempted category; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss WiddecombeI have been asked to reply.
The available information on severe hardship claims is in the following table.
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Scotland North East Month Total Yes No Total Yes No 1991 January 934 742 192 696 511 185 February 995 787 208 700 525 175 March 1,030 786 244 699 520 179 April 1,006 812 192 616 454 162 May 1,308 1,054 254 800 622 178 June 1,169 960 209 738 608 130 July 1,263 1,014 249 1,008 793 215 August 1,320 1,064 256 979 775 204 September 1,189 927 262 932 738 1,94
North West Midlands Month Total Yes No Total Yes No 1990 July 337 241 96 279 183 96 August 378 262 116 300 199 101 September 274 211 63 242 169 73 October 302 243 59 254 172 82 November 299 226 73 218 151 67 December 237 183 54 166 125 41 1991 January 438 331 107 323 240 83 February 436 313 123 396 285 111 March 458 343 115 364 262 102 April 418 320 98 335 254 81 May 543 419 124 479 367 112 June 533 441 92 479 379 100 July 673 543 130 687 554 133 August 625 477 148 684 536 148 September 671 517 154 695 547 148
Wales and South West London North Month Total Yes No Total Yes No 1990 July 188 137 51 216 144 72 August 225 150 75 254 164 90 September 192 131 61 220 152 68 October 220 163 57 220 150 70 November 201 159 42 226 161 65 December 145 115 30 169 134 35 January 1991 332 236 96 339 255 84 February 373 283 90 385 279 106 March 378 308 70 375 284 91 April 394 318 76 378 271 107 May 480 393 87 430 341 89 June 499 417 82 449 352 97 July 730 587 143 576 477 99 August 609 510 99 528 428 100 September 685 558 127 579 475 104
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London South Totals for Great Britain Month Total Yes No Total Yes No 1990 July 240 160 80 2,436 1,755 681 August 237 177 60 2,795 1,963 832 September 165 125 40 2,186 1,611 575 October 223 164 59 2,483 1,841 642 November 198 145 53 2,354 1,788 566 December 153 103 50 1,721 1,323 398 January 1991 316 225 91 3,378 2,540 838 February 338 239 99 3,623 2,711 912 March 394 296 98 3,698 2,799 899 April 370 290 80 3,515 2,719 796 May 488 391 97 4,530 3,589 941 June 384 333 51 4,251 3,490 761 July 624 508 116 5,563 4,478 1,085 August 553 452 101 5,298 4,242 1,056 September 657 539 118 5,408 4,301 1,107 Information with regard to payment of income support to 16 and 17-year-olds in exempted categories as not available.