§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many working aged people had been living in families in receipt of income support or income-based job seeker's allowance for two years or more in 2001. [5236]
§ Malcolm Wicks[holding answer 19 July 2001]: The information is in the table.
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Income support/income-based jobseeker's allowance (JSA) beneficiaries under 60 years of age, where the current claim duration is two years or more as at February 2001 Thousand Income support Income-based jobseeker's allowance All beneficiaries 1,605.5 139.0 Claimants aged under 60 years 1,383.9 114.6 Partners aged under 60 years 222.6 24.4 Notes:
1. Working age is defined in this instance as people aged 16 to 59 inclusive.
2. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.
3. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and are expressed in thousands.
4. Income-based JSA cases will include some claimants with an underlying entitlement to contribution-based JSA.
Source:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, February 2001. Jobseeker's Allowance Statistics Quarterly Enquiry, February 2001.