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Unemployment Benefits: Greater London

Volume 478: debated on Tuesday 8 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many working age households were in receipt of (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) income support and (c) incapacity benefit in each London parliamentary constituency in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008. (210107)

The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for the numbers in receipt of each benefit, is in the following table.

Number of working age incapacity benefit/sever disablement allowance, income support and jobseeker's allowance claimants in London

November each year

Incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance

Income support

Jobseekers allowance

2005

2006

2007

2005

2006

2007

2005

2006

2007

Barking

4,420

4,360

4,240

5,930

5,890

5,790

2,010

1,960

1,820

Battersea

3,530

3,490

3,400

4,080

4,150

3,940

1,960

1,780

1,360

Beckenham

3,100

3,100

3,050

3,230

3,240

3,120

1,430

1,250

1,090

Bethnal Green and Bow

6,890

6,850

6,910

8,850

8,810

8,680

4,410

4,750

4,170

Bexleyheath and Crayford

2,480

2,470

2,480

2,320

2,380

2,340

950

940

700

Brent East

4,950

4,860

4,820

5,760

5,780

5,590

2,620

2,750

2,320

Brent North

2,900

2,900

2,880

3,060

3,080

3,000

1,250

1,240

920

Brent South

5,030

4,930

4,820

6,250

6,220

5,870

2,850

2,920

2,430

Brentford and Isleworth

4,380

4,310

4,290

4,660

4,650

4,550

1,610

1,530

1,220

Bromley and Chislehurst

2,500

2,450

2,490

2,420

2,510

2,490

990

1,000

810

Camberwell and Peckham

5,320

5,270

5,310

7,210

7,120

6,970

3,220

3,080

2,740

Carshalton and Wallington

3,110

3,200

3,140

3,340

3,350

3,430

1,200

1,160

970

Chingford and Woodford Green

2,700

2,750

2,760

2,830

2,930

2,990

1,200

1,220

1,040

Chipping Barnet

2,810

2,910

2,910

2,990

3,060

3,070

1,250

1,260

980

Cities of London and Westminster

4,880

4,830

4,990

4,690

4,720

4,770

1,930

1,880

1,610

Croydon Central

4,300

4,330

4,280

5,750

5,840

5,680

1,890

1,880

1,560

Croydon North

5,130

5,100

5,070

6,400

6,500

6,470

2,870

3,010

2,440

Croydon South

2,590

2,670

2,650

2,550

2,620

2,600

900

870

750

Dagenham

4,230

4,120

4,060

5,210

5,290

5,380

1,920

1,920

1,670

Dulwich and West Norwood

4,590

4,540

4,400

5,710

5,690

5,530

2,580

2,500

1,970

Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush

5,710

5,610

5,710

6,900

6,930

6,790

2,580

2,650

2,250

Ealing North

4,300

4,320

4,250

5,270

5,300

5,120

1,960

2,010

1,570

Ealing Southall

5,760

5,610

5,590

5,550

5,510

5,420

2,570

2,490

2,130

East Ham

5,530

5,630

5,650

7,780

7,840

7,660

3,040

3,140

2,620

Edmonton

4,980

4,880

4,860

6,770

6,850

7,000

2,770

2,720

2,200

Eltham

3,520

3,460

3,510

4,000

4,060

4,040

1,460

1,530

1,170

Enfield North

4,630

4,570

4,510

5,830

5,980

6,100

2,020

2,040

1,750

Enfield Southgate

2,900

2,810

2,780

2,790

2,780

2,780

1,510

1,410

1,090

Erith and Thamesmead

4,710

4,790

4,760

6,360

6,520

6,400

2,440

2,470

1,940

Feltham and Heston

4,590

4,430

4,390

5,220

5,160

5,080

1,730

1,690

1,430

Finchley and Golders Green

3,340

3,310

3,310

3,650

3,590

3,600

1,700

1,670

1,220

Greenwich and Woolwich

5,130

5,120

5,110

6,800

6,710

6,580

2,580

2,340

1,850

Hackney North and Stoke Newington

5,980

5,790

5,670

8,110

7,940

7,650

3,220

3,370

2,930

Hackney South and Shoreditch

7,390

7,370

7,370

10,610

10,450

10,150

3,870

4,160

3,470

Hammersmith and Fulham

5,380

5,320

5,240

6,280

6,250

6,030

2,360

2,300

1,960

Hampstead and Highgate

4,840

4,600

4,590

5,550

5,370

5,190

2,090

1,950

1,560

Harrow East

3,980

3,930

3,980

4,020

4,110

4,150

1,690

1,690

1,180

Harrow West

2,950

2,840

2,820

3,040

3,040

2,900

1,230

1,110

970

Hayes and Harlington

3,720

3,630

3,600

4,390

4,620

4,590

1,730

1,530

1,290

Hendon

4,060

4,160

4,140

5,380

5,430

5,320

2,010

1,880

1,470

Holborn and St. Pancras

7,090

6,770

6,680

8,270

7,980

7,640

3,120

2,880

2,220

Hornchurch

2,450

2,360

2,280

2,090

2,140

2,100

780

790

700

Hornsey and Wood Green

5,100

4,960

4,840

6,100

6,030

5,750

2,660

2,670

2,200

Ilford North

3,590

3,530

3,400

3,580

3,580

3,650

1,230

1,320

1,080

Ilford South

4,610

4,620

4,620

5,350

5,650

5,680

2,410

2,470

2,070

Islington North

6,630

6,490

6,420

8,180

8,040

7,680

3,130

3,160

2,600

Islington South and Finsbury

5,810

5,780

5,790

7,760

7,610

7,490

2,530

2,340

2,100

Kensington and Chelsea

3,190

3,120

3,070

3,180

3,130

3,100

1,370

1,250

1,050

Kingston and Surbiton

2,840

2,930

2,860

2,680

2,790

2,750

1,090

1,000

810

Lewisham Deptford

4,290

4,340

4,340

5,750

5,790

5,830

2,820

2,550

2,150

Lewisham East

3,700

3,770

3,780

4,770

5,010

4,970

1,840

1,780

1,480

Lewisham West

4,020

4,100

4,130

5,090

5,220

5,300

2,380

2,270

1,760

Leyton and Wanstead

3,880

3,850

3,800

4,790

4,710

4,540

2,220

2,270

1,880

Mitcham and Morden

3,310

3,370

3,380

4,050

4,100

4,070

2,090

1,930

1,410

North Southwark and Bermondsey

6,260

6,300

6,180

8,180

8,070

7,900

3,370

3,230

2,680

Old Bexley and Sidcup

2,050

2,050

2,070

1,590

1,630

1,660

690

720

550

Orpington

2,870

2,890

2,850

2,860

2,950

2,980

1,140

1,030

840

Poplar and Canning Town

7,120

7,090

7,060

10,650

10,540

10,110

4,290

4,750

4,320

Putney

2,910

2,860

2,800

3,240

3,280

3,210

1,210

1,110

910

Regent's Park and North Kensington

8,800

8,780

8,780

10,750

10,820

10,540

3,160

3,230

2,640

Richmond Park

2,210

2,270

2,260

2,190

2,210

2,120

950

820

660

Romford

2,500

2,460

2,470

2,240

2,240

2,280

780

820

710

Ruislip-Northwood

2,020

1,980

1,970

1,870

1,870

1,850

810

700

590

Streatham

5,060

5,020

4,920

6,650

6,620

6,460

3,310

3,140

2,750

Sutton and Cheam

2,020

2,020

2,010

1,700

1,740

1,770

880

760

610

Tooting

3,360

3,340

3,230

3,630

3,610

3,600

1,760

1,670

1,300

Tottenham

7,490

7,280

7,220

10,730

10,720

10,320

5,050

4,820

3,960

Twickenham

2,390

2,380

2,380

2,220

2,230

2,170

940

890

630

Upminster

2,740

2,710

2,670

2,400

2,450

2,430

820

830

680

Uxbridge

2,650

2,600

2,670

2,930

2,950

2,890

970

1,040

790

Vauxhall

6,720

6,660

6,460

8,930

8,760

8,280

3,930

3,730

3,210

Walthamstow

4,320

4,270

4,300

5,620

5,650

5,600

2,940

3,140

2,670

West Ham

5,220

5,190

5,140

7,000

6,980

6,680

2,880

3,070

2,740

Wimbledon

1,750

1,700

1,630

1,500

1,480

1,400

840

790

610

Notes:

1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

2. Due to possible benefit overlaps the figures cannot be summed.

3. Numbers of working age incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance and jobseeker's allowance claimants by parliamentary constituency, are published on the NOMIS website at www.nomisweb.co.uk

Source:

DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent. WPLS