Social Security Benefits: Glenrothes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Glenrothes were in receipt of (a) attendance allowance and (b) income support in 1997; and how many were in receipt of income support in each of the last five years. (122619)

Information for the Glenrothes parliamentary constituency is not available prior to May 2005. The available information is in the following table.

*Income support claimants in the Glenrothes parliamentary constituency.*
At August each year:	Number
2005	4,440
2006	4,490
Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest10. 2. Figures prior to 2005 are not available due to constituency changes in Scotland. Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS)

Volume 458: debated on Tuesday 13 March 2007