§ Mr. John EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in the United Kingdom are currently unemployed but are receiving(a) income support, (b) invalidity allowance, (c) attendance allowance or (d) other social security benefits.
§ Mr. BurtThe number of people in Great Britain who are registered as unemployed and also receiving income support is 2,003,000. Available information about other social security benefits received by this group can be found in "Income Support Statistics, Quarterly Enquiry, February 1993", a copy of which is in the Library.
Information on other benefits received by individuals registered as unemployed but who are not receiving income support is available only for those receiving unemployment benefit. Such information as is available is in the table. Invalidity benefit is not payable to people who are registered as unemployed.
Unemployment Benefit claimants receiving other benefits Date Benefit Unemployed claimants May 1992 Housing Benefit 156,000 May 1992 Community Charge Benefit 322,000 June 1993 Family Credit 16,000 August 1993 Disability Working Allowance 24 August 1993 Unemployment Benefit 532,000 Notes:
- 1. All figures are for Great Britain and are rounded to the nearest thousand except Disability Working Allowance which is an exact figure.
- 2. Benefit recipients may be in receipt of more than one benefit.
- 3. Disability Working Allowance and Family Credit figures relate to residual entitlement from claims made prior to unemployment.
- 4. Housing Benefit figure includes 49,000 cases receiving Income Support. Community Charge Benefit figure includes 116,000 cases receiving Income Support.
§ Sir Thomas ArnoldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the number of working age adults claiming income support or unemployment, sickness or invalidity benefits as their main source of income for each year since 1989.
§ Mr. ScottIt is not possible to provide reliable estimates of the numbers whose main source of income is derived from income support or unemployment benefit,690W sickness benefit or invalidity benefit. Estimated average numbers of people receiving income support with and without other benefits can be found in table 7 of "Departmental Report, The Government's Expenditure Plans 1993–94 to 1995–96" (Cm 2213), a copy of which is in the Library.
Information on the number of recipients of unemployment benefit, sickness benefit and invalidity benefit is in the table.
Thousands Unemployment Benefit Sickness Benefit Invalidity Benefit 1989 378 108 952 1990 299 103 1,003 1991 555 109 1,068 1992 669 138 1,175 1993 659 1— 1— 1 Figures not available. Notes:
- 1. Working adults defined as males aged 16 to 64, females 16 to 59.
- 2. Recipients may be receiving more than one benefit.