HC Deb 26 November 2001 vol 375 cc711-2W
Dr. Kumar

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people living in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency

Income-related benefit recipients in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency
May 1998 May 1999 May 2000 May 2001
Income Support 6,400 6,200 6,900 7,400
Jobseeker's Allowance1 2,400 2,200 1,800 1,600
Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit2 1,800 1,600 2,000 2,400
Disability Working Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit2 32 30 45 54
Total 10,600 10,000 10,700 11,400
1 Income based
2 Family Credit and Disability Working Allowance were replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit and Disabled Person's Tax Credit in October 1999 and are tax credits rather than Social Security benefits.

Notes:

1. Figures (other than Disability Working Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit which is a 100 per cent. count of all cases) are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.

2. Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance (Income Based), Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit and "Total" figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.

3. Income Support/Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in receipt of Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit or Disability Working Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit are not shown in Income Support/Jobseeker's Allowance totals.

4. Disabled Working Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit figures are for April each year.

5. Totals may not sum owing to rounding.

Source:

Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries May 1998-May 2001

Jobseeker's Allowance Quarterly Statistical Enquiries May 1998-May 2001

Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiries May 1998-May 2001

Disability Working Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiries April 1998–April 2001

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