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Bridging Allowances

Volume 168: debated on Friday 9 March 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many 16 and 17-year-olds, by region, were in receipt of bridging allowance at the mid-point of November, December 1989 and January in the current year.

The numbers of 16 to 17-year-olds in receipt of bridging allowance were as follows:

Region9 November 198914 December 198911 January 1990
East Midlands and Eastern7508221,000
West Midlands788788927
Wales476460563
London and South East
Eastern Division384413421
Southern Division394425519
Western Division365430483
South West439499588
Northern530419602
Yorkshire and Humberside8338411,048
Scotland1,1571,0861,205
North West1,3301,2571,162