§ Mr. John EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many income support claimants in (i) WN4, (ii) WN5, (iii) L34 and (iv) L35 postcodes his Department allocated to St. Helens metropolitan district council for the purpose of calculating the authority's standard spending assessment for 1997–98. [12949]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the table:
Estimated number of income support claimants for St. Helens Postcode Percentage of St. Helens WN4 2 WN5 2 L34 1 L35 5 Other Postcodes 90 Adjustment for unallocated cases 1 Estimated number of claimants 22,392 Notes:
1. Exact figures cannot be provided as a small adjustment is made to the overall caseload estimate to allow for claims which could not be allocated to local authority areas by post code.
2. The other main postcodes contributing to the St. Helens estimate were WA8—WA12.
Source:
100 per cent. count of claims registered on the income support computer system in August 1995.