HC Deb 22 October 1991 vol 196 cc620-3W
Ms. Short

To 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.

Mr. Jackson

I will write to the hon. Member.

Ms. Short

To 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 Widdecombe

I have been asked to reply.

The available information on severe hardship claims is in the following table.

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

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.

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