The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for those claiming income support, jobseeker’s allowance, incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or pension credit, is in the following table.
Percentage Berwick-upon-Tweed 14.3 Bishop Auckland 24.5 Blaydon 18.0 Blyth Valley 21.1 Darlington 23.0 Durham, City of 17.4 Easington 31.8 Gateshead East and Washington West 23.4 Hartlepool 28.6 Hexham 7.8 Houghton and Washington East 24.1 Jarrow 24.2 Middlesbrough 35.0 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 23.6 Newcastle upon Tyne Central 26.0 Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend 31.5 Newcastle upon Tyne North 23.4 North Durham 21.5 North Tyneside 23.9 North West Durham 19.1 Redcar 27.7 Sedgefield 21.8 South Shields 31.0 Stockton North 27.9 Stockton South 15.8 Sunderland North 26.1 Sunderland South 27.9 Tyne Bridge 34.6 Tynemouth 15.2 Wansbeck 23.0 Notes: 1. All data represent a snapshot in time of claimants on the computer system, and therefore exclude a very small number of cases that are held clerically. 2. The Department does not have complete information on child dependents on the benefit computer systems, therefore children have been merged onto income support, jobseeker’s allowance, incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and pension credit claims from child benefit records with permission from HMRC. 3. The total numbers of children aged 0 to 15 on child benefit in each parliamentary constituency at the relevant year have been used as the denominator for the percentages given. Source: DWP Information Directorate
The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for the number of people claiming one or more of incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, income support or jobseeker’s allowance, is shown in the following table.
Incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance Income support Jobseeker’s allowance November 2005 November 2006 November 2007 November 2005 November 2006 November 2007 November 2005 November 2006 November 2007 Berwick-upon-Tweed 3,090 3,010 2,850 1,710 1,670 1,630 960 1,040 790 Bishop Auckland 6,230 6,190 6,080 3,820 3,860 3,810 1,340 1,290 1,160 Blaydon 4,300 4,190 4,050 2,540 2,570 2,490 1,050 990 930 Blyth Valley 5,230 5,010 4,690 3,230 3,140 3,000 1,460 1,560 1,330 City of Durham 4,720 4,610 4,430 2,340 2,380 2,340 970 930 840 Darlington 5,090 4,980 4,880 3,840 3,900 3,870 1,550 1,590 1,560 Easington 9,410 8,800 8,480 4,630 4,510 4,370 1,190 1,220 1,150 Gateshead East and Washington West 5,550 5,410 5,190 3,690 3,610 3,530 1,240 1,300 1,130 Hartlepool 7,430 7,170 7,100 5,090 5,120 5,130 2,190 2,300 2,220 Hexham 2,590 2,450 2,270 1,200 1,170 1,130 560 560 540 Houghton and Washington East 6,880 6,640 6,330 4,070 4,070 3,850 1,310 1,420 1,260 Jarrow 5,270 5,130 4,970 3,800 3,800 3,660 1,720 1,900 1,690 Middlesbrough 7,890 7,520 7,180 7,100 6,880 6,740 2,920 3,220 3,020 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 5,770 5,590 5,390 4,080 4,110 3,960 1,690 1,830 1,740 Newcastle upon Tyne Central 4,850 4,680 4,580 4,010 3,960 3,810 1,610 1,620 1,540 Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend 6,090 5,880 5,700 5,040 5,070 4,990 1,900 2,140 1,960 Newcastle upon Tyne North 5,060 4,930 4,700 3,590 3,620 3,500 1,090 1,170 1,100 North Durham 6,060 5,910 5,670 3,630 3,630 3,500 1,270 1,220 1,120 North Tyneside 5,650 5,480 5,210 4,050 3,990 3,780 1,590 1,790 1,570 North West Durham 5,630 5,540 5,370 3,260 j 3,220 3,180 1,150 1,180 1,070 Redcar 6,420 6,220 5,820 4,750 4,680 4,500 2,180 2,140 2,100 Sedgefield 6,530 6,300 6,000 3,400 3,440 3,320 1,110 1,090 1,010 South Shields 5,730 5,600 5,530 4,760 4,800 4,640 2,320 2,510 2,320 Stockton North 5,860 5,620 5,540 4,700 4,630 4,590 1,970 2,150 1,880 Stockton South 4,360 4,240 4,220 2,840 2,860 2,910 1,500 1,620 1,490 Sunderland North 6,170 6,030 6,030 4,290 4,300 4,260 1,640 1,790 1,680 Sunderland South 6,800 6,530 6,210 4,750 4,710 4,520 1,920 2,070 1,990 Tyne Bridge 7,510 7,260 7,030 6,520 6,440 6,190 2,640 2,650 2,400 Tynemouth 4,020 3,960 3,730 2,570 2,580 2,530 1,270 1,290 1,120 Wansbeck 5,420 5,200 4,860 3,250 3,260 3,190 1,680 1,820 1,690 Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. 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 3. Figures cannot be summed across the different benefits due to overlaps. Source: DWP Information Directorate 100 per cent. WPLS