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Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) individuals, (b) men and (c) womenhave claimed (i) housing benefit, (ii) disability living allowance, (iii) income support and (iv) council tax benefit in (A)Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, (B) the Scottish Borders region and (C) Scotland in each year since 1997, or the introduction ofthe benefit, whichever is the most recent. [180957]Mr. Pond: The available information is in the tables.Housing benefit and council tax benefit recipients in the areas shown as at February each yearThousand_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Scotland Scottish Borders CouncilFebruary Housing benefit Council tax benefit Housing benefit Council tax benefit1997 537.4 579.1 7.8 9.01998 529.6 596.3 8.0 9.31999 518.1 597.1 7.6 8.72000 486.6 568.1 7.2 8.32001 466.9 537.4 7.0 8.12002 453.0 530.3 7.1 8.32003 447.0 526.4 7.0 8.32004 438.2 528.2 6.8 8.4_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Notes:1. The data refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 2. The figures are rounded to the nearest hundred andexpressed in thousands. 3. Housing benefit and council tax benefit data is not available at parliamentary constituency level, and agender split is not collected. 4. Council tax benefit totals exclude any second adult rebate cases. 5. Housing benefit totalsexclude extended payments cases. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly100 per cent. caseload stock-count.Disability living allowance recipients in the areas shown as at February each yearThousand_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Scotland Scottish Borders Council Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdaleparliamentary constituencyFebruary All Male Female All Male Female All Male Female1997 208.7 102.7 106.0 2.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 0.6 0.71998 222.6 109.5 113.2 2.4 1.2 1.3 1.5 0.7 0.81999 229.0 112.6 116.4 2.6 1.4 1.3 1.6 0.8 0.72000 235.0 115.5 119.5 2.9 1.4 1.4 1.7 0.9 0.92001 246.2 121.2 124.9 3.3 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.0 0.92002 258.6 126.4 132.2 3.6 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.1 0.92003 273.8 133.3 140.5 3.9 2.0 1.9 2.3 1.1 1.22004 285.9 139.6 146.3 4.1 2.1 2.0 2.3 1.1 1.2_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Income support recipients in the areas shown as at February each yearThousand_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Scotland Scottish Borders Council Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdaleparliamentary constituencyFebruary All Male Female All Male Female All Male Female1997 406.1 132.5 273.6 5.1 1.4 3.7 2.7 0.7 2.01998 407.7 136.9 270.8 5.4 1.5 3.9 2.8 0.8 2.01999 401.2 135.0 266.2 5.3 1.4 3.8 2.7 0.9 1.82000 395.8 134.4 261.4 5.4 1.5 3.9 2.9 0.9 1.92001 412.4 142.4 270.0 5.8 1.9 3.8 2.8 1.1 1.72002 418.0 147.7 270.3 6.3 2.3 4.1 3.1 1.3 1.82003 426.4 154.0 272.4 6.2 2.2 4.0 3.1 1.1 2.02004 239.4 94.0 145.3 2.8 1.2 1.6 1.2 *0.5 0.7_________________________________________________________________________________________________.Notes:1. The data refers to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 2. The figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. 3.The gender refers to the claimant only. 4. Disability living allowance and income support data are based on a 5 per cent.sample subject to a degree of sampling variation. 5. Local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevantOffice for National Statistics (ONS) postcode directory. 6. Numbers marked "*" are based on very few sample cases. They are subjectto a high degree of sampling variation and should be used as a guide to the current situation only. 7. Parliamentary constituenciesare assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory and are based on May 1997 boundaries. 8. Totals maynot sum due to rounding. 9. From October 2003, pension credit replaced income support for pensioners. Source: IAD InformationCentre, 5 per cent. sample |