§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of lone parents in Scotland were living on income support each year since 1979.
§ Mr. BurtThe information requested is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
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Scotland Year Lone parents on benefits All lone parents Percentage % 1979 34,000 — — 1980 35,000 — — 1981 40,000 93,000 43 1982 47,000 — — 1983 53,000 — — 1984 52,000 — —
Year Lone parents on benefit All lone parents Percentage % 1986 67,000 — — 1987 76,000 — — 1988 81,000 — — 1989 88,000 — — 1990 94,000 — — 1991 102,000 132,000 77 1992 106,000 — — 1993 106,000 — — Notes:
1. Sources: Supplementary Benefit Statistics Annual Enquiries 1979–1987; Income Support Statistics Annual Enquiries 1988–1992; Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry, May 1993. Census 1981 and 1991, General Register Office for Scotland.
2. The answer has been rounded to the nearest thousand.
3. Supplementary benefit data is not available for 1985.
4. Information on the number of lone parents living in Scotland is only available for census years.
5. 1981 census figures include unmarried parents living with children.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many 16 and 17-year-olds in Scotland have been refused income support.
§ Mr. BurtThe information requested in respect of all claims from people aged 16 and 17 is not available. However, the success rate for those 16 and 17-year-olds who claimed under the severe hardship provision in Scotland was 82 per cent. in March 1994.