§ 21. Mr. HendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what recent representations he has received about paying income support to 16 and 17-year-olds. [36976]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe Department has received a small number of representations.
§ 24. Mr. SutcliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many children are now living in families that claim income support and associated benefits; and what was the equivalent figure in 1979. [36979]
§ Mr. BurtA total of 4.04 million children live in families receiving income support, housing benefit or council tax benefit. It is not possible to make a direct comparison with the position in 1979.
Source:
Income Support Statistics, Quarterly Enquiry May 1995.
Social Security Statistics 1979.
Housing Benefit Management Information System annual 1 per cent. sample taken at the end of May 1995.
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§ 28. Mr. Kevin HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many men aged 60 to 64 years receive income support. [36983]
§ Mr. EvansThere are 185,000 men aged between 60 and 64 in receipt of income support.
Source:
Income Support Statistics, Quarterly Enquiry August 1995.
Note:
Figure is rounded to nearest thousand.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many people in(a) York and (b) North Yorkshire were in receipt of supplementary benefit or income support in (i) 1979, (ii) 1983, (iii) 1987, (iv) 1992 and (v) currently; [38902]
(2) how many children and what percentage of all children in (a) York and (b) North Yorkshire lived in families in receipt of supplementary benefit or income support in (i) 1979, (ii) 1983, (iii) 1987, (iv) 1992 and (v) currently. [38869]
§ Mr. EvansThe administration of income support is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Hugh Bayley, dated 22 July 1996:
The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions asking how many people in (a) York and (b) North Yorkshire in (i) 1979, (ii) 1983, (iii) 1987, (iv) 1992 and (v) currently were in receipt of Supplementary Benefit or Income Support (IS), and how many children and what percentage of all children lived in families in receipt of Supplementary Benefit or IS.The information is not available in the format requested. The Benefits Agency (BA) collate statistics by District Office. These Districts do not correspond to constituency boundaries or to specific county boundaries. The available information is shown in the attached tables which relate to the BA's Districts of North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire Pennine, Leeds and Hull. The Districts of East Yorkshire, Yorkshire Pennine, Leeds and Hull include areas which are outside North Yorkshire.There is no information available for North Yorkshire prior to 1991. Information for York is included in the North Yorkshire District, which includes the offices of York, Harrogate and Northallerton.We do not collate statistics on the number or percentage of children who live in families in receipt of benefit.Table A relates to the actual number of successful Income Support (IS) claims for 1992 and 1996. Table B relates to the actual number of people in receipt of IS on the last working day of May 1992 and May 1996.I hope you find this reply helpful.283W
Table A: Number of successful income support claims BA districts January to December 1992 January to June 1996 North Yorkshire1 25,015 10,342 East Yorkshire 16,288 7,726 Yorkshire Pennine 17,684 9,896 Leeds 49,218 20,299 Hull 35,045 14,994 1 North Yorkshire District includes the offices of York, Harrogate and Northallerton.
Table B: Number in receipt of income support BA districts May 1992 May 1996 North Yorkshire1 28,251 31,394 East Yorkshire 21,344 24,562 Yorkshire Pennine 30,389 31,033 Leeds 66,744 70,997 Hull 48,413 51,970 1 North Yorkshire District includes the offices of York, Harrogate and Northallerton. The area of North Yorkshire is covered by the BA's Districts of North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire (which includes the offices of Scarborough, Bridlington and Goole), Yorkshire Pennine (which includes the offices Halifax, Keighley and Skipton), Leeds (which includes the offices of Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds North West, Leeds South and Leeds West), and Hull (which includes the offices of Hull West, Hull East and Hull East Outstation).
The information has been provided by the Central Data Unit, is provisional and may be subject to change.