§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of the average net cost to public funds of the social security payments made to each unemployed person included in the monthly claimant count for the latest year for which figures are available. [65648]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the table.
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Main benefits received by claimants of unemployment-related Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) Average amount £ per week Total Caseload JSA HB CTB All unemployed claimants 1,562,000 50.02 21.98 4.00 Contribution based JSA 181,000 46.11 7.91 1.52 Income based JSA 1,225,000 56.98 26.81 4.86
Main benefits received by claimants of unemployment-related Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) Average amount £ per week Total Caseload JSA HB CTB No entitlement to JSA (Receiving National Insurance Credits only) 156,000 0.00 0.39 0.09 Notes:
1. JSA, Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit (CTB) are the benefits most likely to be received by a person claiming benefit on the grounds of unemployment. The expenditure figures shown represent the estimated average benefit payment made to claimants of unemployment-related benefit at a single week in May 1997. This is the latest date for which information on all of the benefits concerned is available.
2. Figures relate to Great Britain.
3. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.
4. JSA claimants can receive either contribution-based JSA or income-based JSA, but cannot receive both.
Source:
1. JSA Statistics Quarterly Enquiry May 1997 (5 per cent. sample).
2. Housing Benefit Management Information System, annual 1 per cent. sample enquiries with and without Income Support/JSA (Income Based), taken at the end of May 1997.