§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of the resident population in(a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales are in receipt of benefits other than retirement pensions; and what were the numbers in (i) 1964, (ii) 1971, (iii) 1981 and (iv) 1991.
§ Mr. BurtInformation on a territorial basis is not available for all benefits. Such information as is available is in the tables. The numbers provided are based on awards of benefit and contain a degree of overlap as people may be in receipt of more than one benefit.
It is not possible to determine the percentage of the resident population represented by the figures as information on the number of individuals covered by each award is not readily available.
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Benefit Number of recipients (000's unless stated*) 1964 1971 1981 1991 1993/latest Supplementary Benefit/Income Support n/a 322 371 487 543 Industrial Disablement Benefit n/a 18 16 17 19 Invalidity Benefit n/a n/a 88 181 200 Maternity Allowance n/a n/a n/a 4 2 Mobility Allowance n/a n/a 21 82 n/a One Parent Benefit n/a n/a 48 87 97 Sickness Benefit n/a n/a 44 15 17 Severe Disablement Allowance n/a n/a 18 34 35 Unemployment Benefit 36 72 141 55 57 Widows Benefit n/a n/a 48 39 38
Benefit recipients in Wales Benefit Number of recipients (000's unless stated*) 1964 1971 1981 1991 1993/latest Attendance Allowance n/a n/a 28 63 56 Child Benefit 190 212 362 355 357 Rent Rebate n/a n/a n/a 152 154 Rent Allowance n/a n/a n/a 56 74 Community Charge Benefit n/a n/a n/a 341 n/a Council Tax Benefit (CTB) n/a n/a n/a n/a 273 Disability Living Allowance n/a n/a n/a n/a 102 Disability Working Allowance* n/a n/a n/a n/a 245 FIS/Family Credit n/a n/a 6 22 32 Guardians Allowance* n/a n/a 180 94 100 Supplementary Benefit/Income Support n/a 189 221 257 305 Industrial Disablement Benefit n/a 25 22 19 18 Invalidity Benefit n/a n/a 71 147 159 Maternity Allowance n/a n/a n/a 2 2 Mobility Allowance n/a n/a 15 60 n/a One Parent Benefit n/a n/a 21 39 43 Sickness Benefit n/a n/a 26 12 12 Severe Disablement Allowance n/a n/a 8 22 22 Unemployment Benefit 14 23 73 29 26 Widows Benefit n/a n/a 23 19 18 Notes:
1. n/a indicates information not available—benefit not in existence or no caseload data available for the year shown.
2. Figures are in thousands and are rounded to the nearest thousand except for Guardians Allowance and Disability Working Allowance where the actul numbers of recipients are given.
3. Supplementary Benefit was introduced in 1966. No figures are available for the numbers receiving National Assistance in 1964.
4. Council Tax Benefit replaced Community Charge Benefit in April 1993.
5.Disability Living Allowance replaced Mobility Allowance (and Attendance Allowance for persons under 65 years) in April 1992.