To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of unemployment benefit claims were disqualified under section 20(1) of the Social Security Act 1975 in each quarter since 1980; and what proportion of disqualified claimants were receiving supplementary benefit and income support in each half-yearly survey of unemployed claimants over the same period.
The information requested is in the tables.
| Table 1 | |
| Percentage of claims to unemployment benefit disqualified by adjudication officers 1980–91 | |
| Quarter | Percentage disqualified by adjudication officer |
| 1980 | |
| Q1 | 23 |
| Q2 | 16 |
| Q3 | 17 |
| Q4 | 21 |
| 1981 | |
| Q1 | 20 |
| Q2 | 19 |
| Q3 | 15 |
| Q4 | 19 |
| 1982 | |
| Q1 | 19 |
| Q2 | 18 |
| Q3 | 16 |
| Q4 | 21 |
| 1983 | |
| Q1 | 21 |
| Q2 | 19 |
| Q3 | 16 |
| Q4 | 21 |
| 1984 | |
| Q1 | 22 |
| Q2 | 19 |
| Q3 | 14 |
| Q4 | 19 |
| 1985 | |
| Q1 | 23 |
| Q2 | 19 |
| Q3 | 14 |
| Q4 | 22 |
| 1986 | |
| Q1 | 21 |
| Q2 | 20 |
| Q3 | 17 |
| Q4 | 25 |
| Quarter | Percentage disqualified by adjudication officer |
| 1987 | |
| H1 | 23 |
| H2 | 22 |
| 1988 | |
| H1 | 24 |
| H2 | 19 |
| 1989 | |
| Q1 | 21 |
| Q2 | 21 |
| Q3 | 15 |
| Q4 | 15 |
| 1990 | |
| Q1 | 19 |
| Q2 | 21 |
| Q3 | 16 |
| Q4 | 19 |
| 1991 | |
| Q1 | 18 |
| Q2 | 23 |
| Q3 | 18 |
| Q4 | 23 |
Source: Departmental statistics.
Sample: 100 per cent.
Notes: 1. Numbers of disqualifications are based on—quarter years derived from three calendar months, while numbers of claims are
derived from whole weeks.
2.In any particular quarter year a number of the disqualifications could relate to a claim made in a previous quarter.
3. For the duration of 1987 and 1988 statistics were produced half yearly rather than quarterly.
Table 2
| |
Percentage of disqualified claimants in receipt of Supplementary Allowance/Income Support 1980–91
| |
Percentage in receipt of Supplementary Allowance/ Income Support
| |
| May 1980 | 46.0 |
| November 1980 | 50.1 |
| May 1981 | — |
| November 1981 | — |
| February 1982 | 41.2 |
| May 1982 | 43.5 |
| November 1982 | 44.7 |
| May 1983 | 62.4 |
| November 1983 | 61.1 |
| May 1984 | — |
| November 1984 | 65.0 |
| May 1985 | 61.8 |
| November 1985 | 60.8 |
| May 1986 | 61.4 |
| November 1986 | 58.6 |
| May 1987 | 67.3 |
| November 1987 | 67.9 |
| May 1988 | 69.6 |
| November 1988 | 71.0 |
| May 1989 | 76.8 |
| November 1989 | 77.0 |
| May 1990 | 79.4 |
| November 1990 | 77.6 |
Percentage in receipt of Supplementary Allowance/Income Support
| |
| May 1991 | 79.6 |
| November 1991 | 78.0 |
Source: Half Yearly Analysis of Unemployed Claimant. Sample size: 5 per cent.
Notes:
1. The numbers of disqualified claimants used in this calculation include a small number of disallowed claims. The available statistics do not provide separate figures for these claims.
2. Figures for May 1981 and November 1981, and May 1984 are not available due to industrial action. Figures are available for February 1982, however, and these have been given above.
3. Income Support replaced Supplementary Allowance from April 1988.