Income Support (Hansard, 11 January 1994)

§ Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the number of persons without accommodation claiming income support in the area covered by the DSS office in Northfield, Birmingham.

Table 1
Sickness Benefit recipients as a percentage of the adult working population
Region³¹	¹Estimated total working population	²Total recipients	Percentage of population	¹Estimated male working population	²Male recipients age 16–64	Percentage of population	¹Estimated female working population	²Female recipients age 16–59	Percentage of population
Great Britain⁴	34,576,000	138,000	0.40	18,117,000	104,000	0.57	16,459,000	34,000	0.21
England	29,678,000	108,000	0.36	15,566,000	84,000	0.54	14,112,000	25,000	0.18
Northern	1,884,000	13,000	0.67	987,000	10,000	0.97	897,000	3,000	0.33
Yorkshire and Humberside	3,056,000	14,000	0.46	1,609,000	12,000	0.76	1,447,000	2,000	0.13
East Midlands	2,492,000	6,000	0.25	1,312,000	5,000	0.34	1,180,000	2,000	0.14
East Anglia	1,265,000	3,000	0.26	669,000	3,000	0.37	596,000	1,000	0.13
South East	11,053,000	26,000	0.23	5,770,000	19,000	0.33	5,284,000	7,000	0.13
South Western	2,823,000	8,000	0.29	1,487,000	7,000	0.45	1,336,000	1,000	0.11
West Midlands	3,228,000	13,000	0.41	1,705,000	10,000	0.59	1,523,000	3,000	0.22
North Western	3,877,000	25,000	0.64	2,027,000	19,000	0.95	1,849,000	5,000	0.30
Scotland	3,174,000	17,000	0.53	1,646,000	11,000	0.66	1,527,000	6,000	0.39
Wales	1,724,000	12,000	0.72	904,000	9,000	1.03	820,000	3,000	0.38
¹ The estimated resident working population at mid-1992, male 16–64, female 16–59 rounded to the nearest thousand.
Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS.
² The number of Sickness Benefit recipients on 4 April 1992 of working age.
Source: 1 per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain, rounded to the nearest thousand.
³ Standard Statistical Region.
⁴ The Great Britain recipient figures include a number of overseas cases.

Table 2
Invalidity Benefit recipients as a percentage of the adult working population
Region³¹	¹Estimated total working population	²Total recipients	Percentage of population	¹Estimated male working population	²Male recipients age 16–64	Percentage of population	¹Estimated female working population	²Female recipients age 16–59	Percentage of population
Great Britain⁴	34,576,000	1,175,000	3.40	18,117,000	845,000	4.66	16,459,000	330,000	2.00
England	29,678,000	874,000	2.94	15,566,000	641,000	4.12	14,112,000	232,000	1.65
Northern	1,884,000	107,000	5.65	987,000	81,000	8.19	897,000	26,000	2.86
Yorkshire and Humberside	3,056,000	112,000	3.67	1,609,000	86,000	5.36	1,447,000	26,000	1.80
East Midlands	2,492,000	67,000	2.70	1,312,000	52,000	3.93	1,180,000	16,000	1.33
East Anglia	1,265,000	25,000	1.94	669,000	18,000	2.75	596,000	6,000	1.04
South East	11,053,000	203,000	1.84	5,770,000	138,000	2.40	5,284,000	65,000	1.24
South Western	2,823,000	60,000	2.11	1,487,000	46,000	3.11	1,336,000	13,000	1.00
West Midlands	3,228,000	99,000	3.05	1,705,000	74,000	4.35	1,523,000	24,000	1.60
North Western	3,877,000	201,000	5.20	2,027,000	146,000	7.19	1,849,000	56,000	3.01
Scotland	3,174,000	169,000	5.32	1,646,000	111,000	6.74	1,527,000	58,000	3.79
Wales	1,724,000	125,000	7.26	904,000	87,000	9.65	820,000	38,000	4.63
¹ The estimated resident working population at mid-1992, male 16–64, female 16–59 rounded to the nearest thousand.
Source: Population Estimates Unit, OPCS.
² The number of Invalidity Benefit recipients on 4 April 1992 of working age.
Source: 1 per cent. sample of claimants in Great Britain, rounded to the nearest thousand.
³ Standard Statistical Region.
⁴ The Great Britain recipient figures include a number of overseas cases.

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