HC Deb 07 February 1997 vol 289 c744W
Mr. Winnick

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the percentage of the population currently dependent on income support. [14821]

Mr. Roger Evans

The information is set out in the table.

Income support beneficiaries February 1996
Number Proportion of the population (GB)
Beneficiaries 9,809,000 17.2 per cent.

Notes:

1. Beneficiaries includes claimants, their partners and any dependants.

2. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.

3. Decimals are rounded to one decimal place.

4. Sample size 5 per cent.

Source:

1 Income support statistics quarterly inquiry February 1996.

2 Office for National Statistics mid-term estimates of the population 1995.