§ Sir David KnoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentages of adults and children, distinguishing between claimants, adult dependants and child dependants, received(a) supplementary benefit or income support, (b) family income supplement or family credit, (c) rent rebates or rent allowances or (d) rate rebates or community charge benefit or council tax benefit in each year since 1978–79.
§ Mr. AncramThe available information is set out in the tables. Housing benefit is the Northern Ireland equivalent to community charge benefit and council tax benefit.
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Year and type of benefit Families Children 1985 Family Income Supplement 14,777 42,613 1986 Family Income Supplement 14,941 41,322 1987 Family Income Supplement 14,818 40,399 1988 Family Credit 13,451 34,897 1989 Family Credit 14,224 36,204 1990 Family Credit 14,039 35,073 1991 Family Credit 15,244 37,294
Year and type of benefit Families Children 1992 Family Credit 17,984 42,532 1993 Family Credit figures not yet available NB: Family credit replaced family income supplement on 11 April 1988.
Housing benefit recipients Financial year Rent/rates rebates [housing executive tenants] Rent/rates allowances [private tenants] Rates rebates [owner occupiers] Totals 1984–85 119,200 19,000 49,200 187,400 1985–86 117,600 19,200 47,600 184,400 1986–87 117,600 20,100 51,700 189,400 1987–88 118,300 21,100 54,000 193,400 1988–89 109,273 20,253 35,538 165,064 1989–90 109,113 21,585 28,200 158,898 1990–91 109,113 21,519 35,471 166,103 1991–92 110,206 17,595 32,598 160,399 1992–93 110,439 26,162 28,512 165,113 NB: Housing benefit was introduced on 21 November 1983
Note: Figures for 1984–85 to 1987–88—inclusive—rounded to nearest hundred
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Supplementary Benefit and Income Support Year and type of benefit Mid-year total adult (16+) population estimates Supplementary Benefit/ Income Support claimants and dependent partners as a percentage of the adult population Per cent. Total number of children in receipt of Child Benefit Children dependent on Income Support/ Supplementary Benefit as a percentage of children receiving Child Benefit Per cent. 1978 Supplementary Benefit 1,034,061 14 481,349 15 1979 Supplementary Benefit 1,043,306 14 488,114 13 1980 Supplementary Benefit 1,051,772 15 489,050 16 1981 Supplementary Benefit 1,065,301 18 478,712 20 1982 Supplementary Benefit 1,071,588 20 474,086 23 1983 Supplementary Benefit 1,080,683 21 470,528 25 1984 Supplementary Benefit 1,091,449 21 467,556 25 1985 Supplementary Benefit 1,101,960 1— 465,144 1— 1986 Supplementary Benefit 1,112,556 21 463,178 29 1987 Supplementary Benefit 1,122,715 22 459,962 29
Family income supplement and family credit Families and children receiving FIS/family credit as proportion of families and children receiving child benefit Year and type of benefit Families Per cent. Children Per cent. 1978 Family income supplement 4 6 1979 Family income supplement 4 6 1980 Family income supplement 4 6 1981 Family income supplement 5 8 1982 Family income supplement 6 8 1983 Family income supplement 6 8 1984 Family income supplement Figures not available 1985 Family income supplement 7 9 1986 Family income supplement 7 9 1987 Family income supplement 7 9 1988 Family credit 6 8 1989 Family credit 7 8 1990 Family credit 6 8 1991 Family credit 7 8 1992 Family credit 8 9 1993 Family credit Figures not yet available Note: Family credit replaced family income supplement on 11 April 1988.
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Year and type of benefit Mid-year total adult (16+) population estimates Supplementary Benefit/ Income Support claimants and dependent partners as a percentage of the adult population Per cent. Total number of children in receipt of Child Benefit Children dependent on Income Support/ Supplementary Benefit as a percentage of children receiving Child Benefit Per cent. 1988 Income Support 1,128,038 20 461,056 26 1989 Income Support 1,135,388 20 459,274 27 1990 Income Support 1,142,825 19 459,646 26 1991 Income Support 1,156,767 1— 461,314 1— 1992 Income Support 1,171,347 21 463,098 30 1993 Income Support 1,180,000 2— 2— 2— 1 Figures not available. 2 Figures not yet available.