§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide comparable figures both regionally and nationally on the number of employed people claiming(a) housing benefit, (b) council tax benefit and (c) family credit in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe available information is set out in the tables.
4. The figures are shown by DSS administrative region, as a breakdown by standard statistical region is not available.
5. The figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Therefore the sum of the regions may not equal the total for Great Britain.