HC Deb 06 February 1997 vol 289 c727W
Mr. Mallon

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many individuals are in receipt of(a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit,

Number of people in receipt of various social security benefits
Constituency Severe Disablement Allowance (August 1996) Incapacity benefit1 (August 1996) Disability living allowance (August 1996) Income support (August 1996) Family credit (February 1996)
Strangford 652 4,508 4,080 8,085 956
Belfast East 547 3,703 4,213 9,206 806
North Down 646 3,778 3,721 7,809 993
South Down 1,061 6,228 5,980 13,602 1,819
Lagan Valley 702 4,841 6,063 11,694 1,285
South Antrim 1,054 4,630 5,025 8,957 1,340
North Antrim 795 4,731 4,002 11,492 1,531
East Antrim 677 4,756 4,670 10,186 1,327
East Londonderry 979 5,399 4,992 15,512 1,805
Mid-Ulster 1,091 6,910 7,195 16,403 1,957
Newry and Armagh 1,130 6,352 6,596 16,160 1,555
Upper Bann 821 6,760 7,256 11,818 1,537
Fermanagh and South Tyrone 936 4,676 5,327 15,395 1,735
Foyle 1,243 8,179 10,157 22,963 2,046
Belfast South 482 3,412 3,822 11,372 613
Belfast West 860 6,350 10,397 20,355 1,652
Belfast North 745 5,893 7,436 15,693 1,291
Unknown2 624 3,070 3,515 7,410 649
1 Includes customers in receipt of credits only.
2 Benefit recipients which cannot be assigned to a particular constituency.