§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many claimants of each of the(a) contributory and (b) income-related jobseeker's allowance are currently (i) single people without children, (ii) couples without children and (iii) couples with children; and what is the average duration of benefit in each case; [18975]
(2) how many people are currently in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) income support. [18976]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the table:
Information on jobseeker's allowance is yet not available. Provisional summary findings from the November 1996 "Quarterly Statistical Enquiry" will be 327W published on 20 March and more detailed analyses will be published in the summer. The findings will be placed in the Library.
Income support claimants—May 1996 Thousands Number of claimants Unemployed cases 1,495 Other cases 4,054 All cases 5,549 Notes:
1. Provisional jobseeker's allowance findings will include estimates of claimants by type of allowance in payment, age. sex and duration of current claim. The detailed analyses will include information on partners and dependants.
2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.
3. Sample size 5 per cent.
Source:
Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry May 1996.