HC Deb 21 June 1994 vol 245 c142W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the current take-up rate of income support by those potentially eligible to claim in the 55 to 65-year age group for(a) men and (b) women.

Mr. Burt

The information is not available in the precise form requested. Estimates of the take-up of income support are available for pensioners and non-pensioner family types and can be found in "Income Related Benefits —Estimates of Take-up in 1990 and 1991" published earlier this year, a copy of which is in the Library.

Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give the projected average income for single pensioners(a) male and (b) female between 1994 and 2000; and what estimate he has made of average income for full-time employment in the same time period.

Mr. Hague

The information is not available.

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