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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people living in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency were in receipt of income-related benefits in each of the last four years. [16437] Malcolm Wicks: [holding answer 20 November 2001]: The available information is in the tables. 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 Allowance{1} 2,400 2,200 1,800 1,600 Family Credit/Working 1,800 1,600 2,000 2,400 Families' Tax Credit{2} Disability Working 32 30 45 54 Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit{2} 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 Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit figures are not available for the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency but are available for Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland local authorities. Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit caseload for Middlesbrough local authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Housing Benefit Council Tax Benefit May 1998 17,680 20,330 May 1999 17,560 20,510 May 2000 17,230 20,130 May 2001 16,670 19,560 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit caseload for Redcar and Cleveland local authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Housing Benefit Council Tax Benefit May 1998 12,830 16,620 May 1999 12,940 16,830 May 2000 12,590 16,580 May 2001 12,550 16,740 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East parliamentary constituency is covered in part by the Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland local authority areas. Figures are not therefore representative of the constituency area. 2. The data refer to households, which may be a single person or a couple. 3. The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 cases. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock-count taken each May from 1998 to 2001

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

16437; 375 c711-3W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Disabled persons tax credit Disability working allowance Jobseeker's allowance Income support Family credit Recipients Means-tested benefits Working families tax credit Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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