HC Deb 27 July 1999 vol 336 cc293-4W
Mr. O'Hara

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentage of people aged over 60 years who receive Income Support live in Scotland. [93501]

Mr. Timms

The information is in the table.

Income Support claimants in Scotland aged over 60-years-old, February 1999
Claimants Number of cases As percentage of over 60-years-old Income Support population in Great Britain
Claimants aged over 60-years-old 158,000 10
Claimants and/or partner aged over 60-years-old 160,000 10

Notes:

  1. 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand.
  2. 2. Estimates are based on a 5 per cent. sample of all Income Support claimants and may be subject to a degree of sampling error.
  3. 3. Cases are allocated to the Scotland Government Office Region by matching postcodes against the 1999 version 1 of the Postcode Directory.

Source:

Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry, February 1999.