§ Martin LintonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were claiming(a) working age benefits and (b) benefits in addition to the state pension in the Battersea constituency in each year since 1997. [178675]
§ Mr. PondThe available information is in the tables.
Number of people claiming working age benefits in Battersea Thousand As at November Income support
Jobseeker's allowance
Incapacity benefit
1997 7.6 3.1 2.7 1998 7.2 2.6 2.7 1999 7.1 2.1 2.8 2000 6.9 1.9 2.7 2001 6.5 2.1 2.5 2002 6.5 2.1 2.6 2003 3.7 2.2 2.6 1303W
Number of people receiving benefits in addition to state pension in Battersea Thousand As at November State pension with minimum income
guarantee
State pension with pension credit
1999 1.2 — 2000 1.3 — 2001 1.3 — 2002 1.3 — 2003 — 1.4 Notes 1. Prior to 1999, a split by parliamentary constituency for state pension is not available. 2. Income support (IS), incapacity benefit and state pension (SP) figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to sampling variation. JSA is based on 100 per cent. count. 3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and quoted in thousands.
4. JSA claimants includes income-based JSA, contribution-based JSA claimants and those persons not receiving benefit but signing for national insurance credits only.
5. Income support parliamentary constituencies are allocated by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory, and represent constituency boundaries as at May 1997.
6. November 2003 IS figures are affected by the introduction of pension credit (PC), which replaced MIG on 6 October 2003.
7. The number of people receiving housing benefit and/or council tax benefit in addition to the state pension is not available below a national level.
Sources:
IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent. sample.
100 per cent. count of Jobcentre Plus computer systems for jobseeker's allowance (JSA).