---

Dept of Social Security;Social Security Benefits Agency

Answer

Mr. Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many lone parents in Paisley, South were on income support in the periods (a) May 1995-96, (b) May 1996-97 and (c) May 1997-98. [71432] Angela Eagle: The administration of benefits is a matter for Peter Mathison, Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to my hon. Friend. Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Douglas Alexander, dated 22 February 1999: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the numbers of lone parents on Income Support in Paisley South in the periods (a) May 1995-96, (b) May 1996-97 and (c) May 1997-98. The information is not available in the format requested. The information that is available is included in the attached table. I hope you find this reply helpful. Lone Parents in receipt of Income Support in Renfrewshire Local Authority District _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number May 1995 4,100 May 1996 3,900 May 1997 4,000 May 1998 3,700 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Lone Parents are defined as single people with dependants who are not in receipt of a disability or pensioner premium. Some Lone Parent customers may also be included in load counts for Pensioner premiums and Disability premium. The number of Lone Parents is therefore potentially understated. 2. Please note that Renfrewshire Local Authority District will also include claimants from other constituencies, e.g. Renfrewshire contains claimants from both Paisley South Constituency and Paisley North Parliamentary Constituency. 3. The information has been provided by the Analytical Services Division 1 of the DSS. 4. Figures are based on 1 5% sample and therefore subject to a degree of sampling error. 5. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. 6. The information has been taken from the Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry in May of each relevant year.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

71432; 326 c266-7W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Income support Recipients Lone parents Paisley South

Contains statistics

Yes