Complete information is not available. Such information as is available is in the tables.
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Jarrow 5,060 5,480 5,870 6,190 6,290 6,630 6,910 South Tyneside 5,080 5,530 5,890 6,210 6,330 6,660 7,010 North East 4,960 5,350 5,700 6,000 6,110 6,430 6,770 Great Britain 4,680 5,020 5,320 5,610 5,700 6,000 6,320
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Jarrow 6,030 6,360 6,620 6,850 6,770 6,930 7,050 South Tyneside 6,060 6,410 6,650 6,880 6,810 6,970 7,150 North East 5,910 6,200 6,430 6,650 6,570 6,720 6,910 Great Britain 5,580 5,820 6,010 6,220 6,140 6,280 6,450 Notes: 1. The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for expenditure in Great Britain only. Expenditure in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Office. 2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10. 3. Figures include spending on: state pension; attendance allowance; winter fuel payment; bereavement benefits; widow's benefit; minimum income guarantee; pension credit, over-65s payment and over-70s payment. figures for other benefits, and for these benefits before 2002-03, are not available. 4. Figures are estimated by dividing expenditure on the above benefits by the number of state pensioners in the relevant area. 5. Great Britain benefit expenditure data for all benefits, and local authority and parliamentary constituency benefit expenditure data for some benefits, can be found here: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/expenditure.asp 6. The DWP Tabulation Tool, which gives caseload and expenditure data for some benefits split by local authority, parliamentary constituency and Government office region, among others, can be found here: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp