HC Deb 19 March 2001 vol 365 cc73-4W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many Jobseeker's Allowance claimants there are in(a) South Tyneside MBC and (b) South Shields constituency; how many there were in May 1997; and how many such claimants were continuous claimants of more than two years. [154442]

Angela Eagle

The information is in the table.

Income Support pensioners average weekly income and average weekly amount of Income Support as November 1997
Number of claimants Average weekly amount of imcome(£) Average weekly amount of Income Support(£)
South Tyneside local authority 6,700 75.51 32.73
South Shields parliamentary constituency 3,800 76.10 31.99

Minimum Income Guarantee pensioners average weekly income and average weekly amount of MIG as at November 2000
Number of claimants Average weekly amount of income(£) Average weekly amount of Income Support(£)
South Tyneside local authority 6,800 90.14 38.03
South Shields parliamentary constituency 3,700 90.09 37.20

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.
  2. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and are expressed in thousands.
  3. 3. Parliamentary constituencies and local authorities have been allocated by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory for each quarter, and represent constituency boundaries as at May 1997.
  4. 4. Pensioners are defined as benefit units where the claimant and/or partner are aged 60 and over.
  5. 5. Income is defined as all income and benefits (excluding IS), including income from Partners and dependants, taken into account and disregarded for Income Support purposes.
  6. 6. The average weekly amounts of income quoted in the tables exclude help provided through Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.

Source:

Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, November 1997 and 2000

Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) recipients in South Shields constituency and South Tyneside metropolitan borough council area by duration—May 1997 and November 2000
Thousand
South Shields Central parliamentary constituency South Tyneside metropolitan borough council
May 1997
All cases 4.7 7.3
Duration two years or more 1.2 1.8
November 2000
All cases 3.4 5.4
Duration two years or more 0.5 0.8

Notes

  1. 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and quoted in thousands.
  2. 2. Based on 5 per cent. sample therefore subject to sampling error.
  3. 3. Figures include cases receiving Income-based or Contribution-based JSA and those receiving no benefit and signing for National Insurance Credits only.
  4. 4. As JSA was only introduced in October 1996 the duration figures for May 1997 include those on Unemployment Benefit or Income Support for the unemployed prior to October 1996.

Source:

Jobseeker's Allowance Statistics Quarterly Enquiries, May 1997 and November 2000