§ Adam PriceTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are claiming(a) unemployment related and (b) sickness related benefits in each (i) local authority and (ii) parliamentary constituency in Wales. [96271]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe information is in the tables.
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Unitary authority Number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance August 20021 Number of people of working age Claiming sickness related benefits August 2002 Total Wales 46,900 218,700 Anglesey 1,500 4,300 Blaenau Gwent 1,800 8,100 Bridgend 1,800 11,500 Caerphily 2,900 17,500 Cardiff 5,700 18,500 Carmarthenshire 2,600 14,100 Ceredigion 900 4,400 Conwy 1,500 6,900 Denbighshire 1,100 5,900 Flintshire 1,800 7,400
Unitary authority Number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance August 20021 Number of people of working age Claiming sickness related benefits August 2002 Gwynedd, Isle of 2,100 5,800 Merthyr Tydfil 1,200 7,600 Monmouthshire 800 3,600 Neath Port Talbot 2,300 14,300 Newport 2,800 9,300 Pembrokeshire 2,100 7,100 Powys 1,300 6,600 Rhondda, Cynon, 3,500 24,800 Taff Swansea 3,900 17,900 The Vale of Glamorgan 1,900 6,200 Torfaen 1,400 8,400 Wrexham 1,700 8,300
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Parliamentary constituency Number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance August 20021 Number of people of working age Claiming sickness related benefits August 2002 Total Wales 46,900 218,700 Aberavon 1,000 7,200 Alyn and Deeside 1,100 3,500 Blaenau Gwent 1,800 1,800 Brecon and Radnorshire 800 3,900 Bridgend 1,100 5,300 Caernarfon 1,000 3,400 Caerphilly 1,500 9,000 Cardiff, Central 1,600 4,400 Cardiff, North 700 2,400 Cardiff, South and Penarth 2,000 6,700 Cardiff, West 1,700 6,200 East Carmarthen and Dinefwr 800 5,300 West Carmarthen and South Pembrokeshire 1,200 4,200 Ceredigion 900 4,400 Clwyd, South 900 4,600 Clwyd, West 900 4,000 Conwy 1,300 4,100 Cynon Valley 1,000 6,200 Delyn 800 3,900 Gower 900 5,100 Islwyn 1,000 6,200 Llanelli 1,400 7,200 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 600 1,700 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 1,500 9,800 Monmouth 800 3,600 Montgomeryshire 500 2,500 Neath 1,300 4,600 Newport, East 1,300 4,600 Newport, West 1,700 5,300 Ogmore 1,000 7,800 Pontypridd 1,200 6,800 Preseli 1,300 4,400 Pembrokeshire Rhondda 1,200 9,600 Swansea, East 1,500 6,900 Swansea, West 1,500 5,900 Torfaen 1,300 7,900 Vale of Clwyd 900 5,100 Vale of Glamorgan 1,500 4,900 Wrexham 1,000 4,200 Ynys Môn 1,500 4,300 1Later information is available for unemployment benefits, but August 2002 data have been provided in order to give figures comparable with the latest figures available for sickness related benefits.
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. Sickness related benefits are Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance and Income Support with a Disability Premium.
3. Sickness related benefit figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
Sources:
Unemployment benefits: Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance, Jobcentre Plus computer systems.
Sickness related benefits: Client Group Analysis of DWP Information Centre 5 per cent. statistical samples.