§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo 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. BurtThe 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. DunwoodyTo 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.