HC Deb 14 November 2000 vol 356 cc615-7W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many unemployed people are receiving Income Support amounting to (i) £1 to £50, (ii) £50 to £100, (iii) £100 to £150, (iv) £150 to £200, (v) £200 to £300, (vi) £300 to £400, (vii) £400 to £500 and (viii) £500 and over per week. [137087]

Angela Eagle

Claimants who are unemployed do not receive Income Support. Job Seekers Allowance is paid to those who are actively seeking employment.

Mr. Davidson

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people over the age of(a) 60 and (b) 70 years claim Income Support in (i) the constituency of Glasgow, Pollok, (ii) Glasgow and (iii) Scotland; and if he will express these figures as a percentage of the total number of people over (1) 60 and (2) 70 years in each category. [137765]

Mr. Rooker

The information requested is included in the table.

Pensioners receiving the MIG in Scotland, Glasgow and Pollok, May 2000
Number of claimants (thousand) Percentage of relevant population
Scotland
All aged 60 and over 164.4 15.7
60-69 55.9 11.3
70 and over 108.5 19.7
City of Glasgow Unitary Authority
All aged 60 and over 32.4 27.3
60-69 13.2 24.1
70 and over 19.2 30.0
Glasgow, Pollok parliamentary constituency
All aged 60 and over 3.5 n/a
60-69 1.3 n/a
70 and over 2.2 n/a

Notes:

  1. 1. Pensioners are defined as where the claimant, and/or partner are aged 60 or over. The 60-69 age group may therefore include some claimants aged under 60.
  2. 2. Based on 5 per cent. sample therefore subject to sampling error.
  3. 3. Case loads have been rounded to the nearest hundred and are expressed in thousands, percentages are given to one decimal place.
  4. 4. "Percentage of the population" is based on ONS population estimates for mid-term 1999, and represents Income Support claimants as a proportion of the population in Scotland/Glasgow Unitary Authority who are in the relevant age group.
  5. 5. Case load as a percentage of the population is not available for Pollok constituency, as population estimates are not available at this level.
  6. 6. Cases are allocated to each unitary authority/parliamentary constituency by matching the postcode against the 2000 version 1 ONS postcode directory.
  7. 7. Constituency information represents Constituency boundaries as at May 1997.

Sources:

Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry, May 2000.

Population estimates unit—ONS mid-term estimates for 1999.

Mr. Goggins

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the percentage fall in the value of the capital limits in Income Support after taking account of inflation from 1988 to May 1997. [138206]

Mr. Darling

Using the published Rossi price index for September 1988 and May 1997, the capital limits had fallen by 30.6 per cent. in real terms.

Note:

The Index was 106.9 in September 1988, risen to 154.0 in May 1997.