Income Support

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many (a) applications and (b) payments for income support were made in each month since April 1990 in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Great Britain.

[holding answer 18 May 1993]: The information is in the tables.

Source: Benefits Agency Management Information Statistics.

Year and month	Scotland	England	Wales	Great Britain
June	33,717	280,075	17,295	331,087
July	42,008	379,262	25,504	446,774
August	34,245	308,873	19,226	362,344
September	33,686	318,382	21,634	373,702
October	37,771	337,611	22,267	397,649
November	34,376	308,834	20,415	363,625
December	26,826	240,685	16,509	284,020
1992
January	42,420	378,328	23,475	444,223
February	33,876	305,785	18,153	357,814
March	35,041	319,345	20,236	374,622
April	35,442	306,390	19,435	361,267
May	31,334	261,820	15,609	308,763
June	38,142	304,500	18,485	361,127
July	45,984	389,330	26,113	461,427
August	35,050	299,169	18,606	352,825
September	38,465	344,893	23,421	406,779
October	44,033	360,429	23,629	428,091
November	41,073	329,517	20,386	390,976
December	32,563	260,609	16,357	309,529
1993
January	35,783	329,675	20,661	386,119
February	31,861	274,720	16,422	323,003
March	33,983	295,642	18,265	347,890

Table 2
Income Support
Number of awards made
Year and month	Scotland	England	Wales	Great Britain
1990
April	22,831	168,292	12,197	203,320
May	24,585	190,800	13,446	228,831
June	30,775	189,563	13,423	233,761
July	39,824	271,378	22,726	333,928
August	32,781	258,436	18,209	309,426
September	26,731	226,866	16,633	270,230
October	31,708	255,825	18,503	306,036
November	29,455	245,446	17,005	291,896
December	21,590	172,703	11,689	205,982
1991
January	32,379	284,350	19,416	336,145
February	27,832	257,467	16,386	301,685
March	26,550	245,180	14,715	286,445
April	26,950	246,972	15,311	289,233
May	26,370	244,353	14,875	285,598
June	28,134	236,483	14,527	279,144
July	36,575	320,408	21,484	378,467
August	29,151	268,283	16,269	313,703
September	28,629	274,744	18,366	321,739
October	32,770	292,787	19,282	344,839
November	29,408	263,167	17,281	309,856
December	23,485	204,542	13,607	241,634
1992
January	36,884	323,617	19,797	380,298
February	28,878	262,052	15,185	306,115
March	29,561	267,826	16,252	313,639
April	30,492	258,257	16,176	304,935
May	26,737	228,800	13,084	268,621
June	32,614	257,926	14,899	305,439
July	40,148	337,261	22,387	399,796
August	30,592	261,956	15,794	308,342
September	32,575	295,457	19,314	347,346
October	36,535	305,043	18,850	361,428
November	34,388	284,084	17,637	336,109
December	28,121	227,863	14,090	270,074
1993
January	31,217	284,892	17,277	333,386
February	27,323	240,638	13,877	281,838
March	29,007	252,545	14,775	296,327

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many income support recipients aged (a) between 18 and 21 years and (b) 21 and 24 years live with one or more of their parents.

[holding answer 10 May 1993]: It is estimated that in 1991 there were 250,000 18 to 21-year-olds and 100,000 22 to 24-year-olds receiving the single person rate of income support and living with one or more of their parents.

Sources:

1. Caseload estimates for the total number of 18 to 24-year-olds on income support from the 1991 Annual Statistical Enquiry.

2. Information 18 to 24-year-olds living with a parent was obtained using evidence from the 1989–90–91 Family Expenditure Surveys (modelled at 1993–94 prices and benefit levels).

Volume 225: debated on Thursday 20 May 1993