§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentage of children aged 18 years or under were living in families dependent on(a) income support or supplementary benefit and (b) family credit in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iv) England in each year since 1979. [31584]
§ Mr. Roger EvansSuch information as is available is set out in the tables. Income support data for York cannot be provided. Reliable data for North Yorkshire is available only from 1993 following an increase in the sample size. Information for the statistical region of Yorkshire and Humberside is only available from 1991. Family credit data cannot be provided for the specified regions.
Number of dependents in families in receipt of income support in North Yorkshire and Yorkshire and Humberside North Yorkshire Yorkshire and Humberside May 1991 — 252,000 May 1992 — 269,000 May 1993 20,000 286,000 May 1994 22,000 287,000 Notes:
See table 1 for notes:
Source:
Income Support Statistics Local Authority Tables Annual/Quarterly Enquiries May 1991-May 1994.
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Year Number of dependants in families in receipt of Supplementary Benefit/Income Support in England Population in England aged 18 and under Percentage Number of dependants in families in receipt of Family Credit in England Population in England aged 18 and under Percentage 1979 784,000 12,939,000 6.1 — 12,939,000 — 1980 937,000 12,805,000 7.3 — 12,805,000 — 1981 1,294,000 12,644,000 10.2 — 12,644,000 — 1982 1,495,000 12,462,000 12.0 — 12,462,000 — 1983 1,573,000 12,264,000 12.81 — 12,264,000 — 1984 1,704,000 12,061,000 4.1 — 12,061,000 — 1985 — 11,927,000 — — 11,927,000 — 1986 1,870,000 11,812,000 15.8 — 11,812,000 — 1987 1,880,000 11,708,000 16.1 — 11,708,000 — 1988 1,830,000 11,631,000 15.7 459,000 11,631,000 3.9 1989 1,783,000 11,576,000 15.4 519,000 11,576,000 4.5 1990 1,793,000 11,518,000 15.6 552,000 11,518,000 4.8 1991 2,110,000 11,533,000 18.3 609,000 11,533,000 5.3 1992 2,454,000 11,556,000 21.2 687,000 11,555,000 5.9 1993 2,725,000 11,589,000 23.5 825,000 11,589,000 7.1 1994 2,748,000 11,589,000(5) 23.7 940,000 11,589,000(5) 8.1 Notes:
1. Income support replaced supplementary benefit in 1988.
2. Data for 1985 not available.
3. Family credit figures are only available from 1988 to date.
4. A dependant is aged up to 18. Income support figures included those 19 in full time education who live with their parents.
5. Population figures are not yet available for 1994. 1993 figures have been used.
6. Family credit statistics for York, North Yorkshire and Humberside are not readily available.
Source:
Supplementary benefit/income support statistics annual enquiries 1979–1993
Income support statistics quarterly enquiry May 1995.
Family credit statistics May 1988-May 1994.
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys mid year estimates 1979–1993.
§ Ms Liz LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Social security how many people claimed income support by(a) gender and (b) age, for each region in England in the last month for which figures are available and (ii) in the same month in each year since 1990. [32391]