§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of unemployment benefit claims were disqualified under section 20(1) of the Social Security Act 1975 in each quarter since 1980; and what proportion of disqualified claimants were receiving supplementary benefit and income support in each half-yearly survey of unemployed claimants over the same period.
§ Mr. BurtThe information requested is in the tables.
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Table 1 Percentage of claims to unemployment benefit disqualified by adjudication officers 1980–91 Quarter Percentage disqualified by adjudication officer 1980 Q1 23 Q2 16 Q3 17 Q4 21 1981 Q1 20 Q2 19 Q3 15 Q4 19 1982 Q1 19 Q2 18 Q3 16 Q4 21 1983 Q1 21 Q2 19 Q3 16 Q4 21 1984 Q1 22 Q2 19 Q3 14 Q4 19 1985 Q1 23 Q2 19 Q3 14 Q4 22 1986 Q1 21 Q2 20 Q3 17 Q4 25
Quarter Percentage disqualified by adjudication officer 1987 H1 23 H2 22 1988 H1 24 H2 19 1989 Q1 21 Q2 21 Q3 15 Q4 15 1990 Q1 19 Q2 21 Q3 16 Q4 19 1991 Q1 18 Q2 23 Q3 18 Q4 23 Source: Departmental statistics.
Sample: 100 per cent.
Notes: 1. Numbers of disqualifications are based on—quarter years derived from three calendar months, while numbers of claims are derived from whole weeks.
2.In any particular quarter year a number of the disqualifications could relate to a claim made in a previous quarter.
3. For the duration of 1987 and 1988 statistics were produced half yearly rather than quarterly.
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Table 2 Percentage of disqualified claimants in receipt of Supplementary Allowance/Income Support 1980–91 Percentage in receipt of Supplementary Allowance/ Income Support May 1980 46.0 November 1980 50.1 May 1981 — November 1981 — February 1982 41.2 May 1982 43.5 November 1982 44.7 May 1983 62.4 November 1983 61.1 May 1984 — November 1984 65.0 May 1985 61.8 November 1985 60.8 May 1986 61.4 November 1986 58.6 May 1987 67.3 November 1987 67.9 May 1988 69.6 November 1988 71.0 May 1989 76.8 November 1989 77.0 May 1990 79.4 November 1990 77.6
Percentage in receipt of Supplementary Allowance/Income Support May 1991 79.6 November 1991 78.0 Source: Half Yearly Analysis of Unemployed Claimant. Sample size: 5 per cent.
Notes:
1. The numbers of disqualified claimants used in this calculation include a small number of disallowed claims. The available statistics do not provide separate figures for these claims.
2. Figures for May 1981 and November 1981, and May 1984 are not available due to industrial action. Figures are available for February 1982, however, and these have been given above.
3. Income Support replaced Supplementary Allowance from April 1988.