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WORK AND PENSIONS

Benefits

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list local authority wards where 50 per cent. or more of children are in families receiving out-of-work means-tested benefits. [222387]

Mr. Pond: The information is in the following table.
Children in families receiving income support (IS) or income-based jobseekers allowance (JSA) at August 2003: by local authority and census ward

Local authority	Ward	Children 0 to 15 in families receiving IS or JSA	2001 census population aged 0 to 15	Percentage children (0 to 15) in families receiving either IS, JSA
Allerdale	Moss Bay	520	977	53.2
Barking and Dagenham	Gascoigne	1,260	2,438	51.7
Barking and Dagenham	Thames	1,075	2,047	52.5
Birmingham	Nechells	4,210	8,058	52.2
Blackburn with Darwen	Shadsworth with Whitebirk	1,090	2,173	50.2
Brent	Harlesden	1,670	2,906	57.5
Brent	Stonebridge	2,240	4,413	50.8
Bridgend	Bettws	275	501	54.9
Bristol, City of	Lawrence Hill	1,565	2,131	73.4
Camden	Kilburn	865	1,729	50.0
Cardiff	Adamsdown	675	1,201	56.2
Cardiff	Butetown	455	869	52.4
Denbighshire	Rhyl West	495	850	58.2
East Ayrshire	Shortlees	540	1,032	52.3
Edinburgh, City of	Craigmillar	1,150	1,657	69.4
Glasgow City	Anderston	335	567	59.1
Glasgow City	Barlanark	1,105	1,935	57.1
Glasgow City	Braidfauld	880	1,554	56.6
Glasgow City	Bridgeton/Dalmarnock	610	992	61.5
Glasgow City	Glenwood	1,175	1,978	59.4
Glasgow City	Hutchesontown	675	1,014	66.6
Glasgow City	Ibrox	725	1,428	50.8
Glasgow City	Keppochhill	790	1,407	56.1
Glasgow City	Milton	800	1,503	53.2
Glasgow City	Parkhead	1,015	1,476	68.8
Glasgow City	Queenslie	890	1,477	60.3
Glasgow City	Summerhill	1,090	1,923	56.7
Glasgow City	Toryglen	655	1,310	50.0
Great Yarmouth	Nelson	845	1,538	54.9
Greenwich	Woolwich Riverside	1,655	3,213	51.5
Hackney	Chatham	1,335	2,385	56.0
Hackney	Haggerston	1,195	2,344	51.0
Hackney	Hoxton	1,090	2,111	51.6
Hackney	Queensbridge	1,170	2,219	52.7
Hackney	Victoria	1,400	2,788	50.2
Hackney	Wick	1,310	2,594	50.5
Halton	Windmill Hill	400	690	58.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	College Park and Old Oak	840	1,461	57.5
Hammersmith and Fulham	Wormholt and White City	1,405	2,728	51.5
Haringey	Noel Park	1,235	2,207	56.0
Haringey	Northumberland Park	1,815	3,302	55.0
Haringey	St. Ann's	1,225	2,367	51.8
Haringey	Tottenham Green	1,465	2,652	55.2
Haringey	Tottenham Hale	1,670	3,294	50.7
Haringey	White Hart Lane	1,720	3,176	54.2
Highland	Merkinch	415	732	56.7
Inverclyde	Ward 8	340	580	58.6
Islington	Bunhill	905	1,692	53.5
Islington	Finsbury Park	1,260	2,432	51.8
Islington	Holloway	1,015	1,911	53.1
Islington	Mildmay	1,095	2,182	50.2
Kingston upon Hull	Myton	990	1,792	55.2
Kingston upon Hull	Orchard Park and Greenwood	2,025	4,051	50.0
Kingston upon Hull	St. Andrew's	755	1,430	52.8
Knowsley	Cantril Farm	595	988	60.2
Knowsley	Cherryfield	715	1,283	55.7
Knowsley	Kirby Central	825	1,484	55.6
Knowsley	Longview	995	1,511	65.9
Knowsley	Northwood	525	1,014	51.8
Knowsley	Princess	1,210	1,718	70.4
Knowsley	Tower Hill	1,315	2,589	50.8
Lambeth	Tulse Hill	1,415	2,749	51.5
Leicester	Charnwood	1,510	3,014	50.1
Leicester	Freemen	1,165	2,272	51.3
Liverpool	Abercromby	860	1,307	65.8
Liverpool	Breckfield	1,515	2,347	64.6
Liverpool	Everton	840	1,172	71.7
Liverpool	Granby	1,885	2,452	76.9
Liverpool	Kensington	1,340	2,523	53.1
Liverpool	Melrose	1,470	2,777	52.9
Liverpool	Pirrie	1,655	3,244	51.0
Liverpool	Smithdown	1,020	1,956	52.1
Liverpool	Speke	1,325	2,302	57.6
Liverpool	Vauxhall	900	1,359	66.2
Manchester	Ardwick	1,260	1,958	64.4
Manchester	Benchill	1,695	3,096	54.7
Manchester	Beswick and Clayton	1,485	2,314	64.2
Manchester	Blackley	1,240	2,327	53.3
Manchester	Bradford	1,485	2,120	70.0
Manchester	Central	950	1,609	59.0
Manchester	Cheetham	1,975	3,630	54.4
Manchester	Gorton South	1,725	2,985	57.8
Manchester	Harpurhey	1,545	2,017	76.6
Manchester	Hulme	1,080	1,500	72.0
Manchester	Moss Side	2,020	2,804	72.0
Manchester	Newton Heath	1,295	2,540	51.0
Merthyr Tydfil	Gurnos	630	1,221	51.6
Middlesbrough	Middlehaven	465	823	56.5
Middlesbrough	Park End	905	1,801	50.2
Middlesbrough	Thorntree	1,025	1,766	58.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	Byker	840	1,509	55.7
Newcastle upon Tyne	Elswick	1,000	1,948	51.3
Newcastle upon Tyne	Moorside	725	1,228	59.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	Walker	940	1,703	55.2
Newcastle upon Tyne	West City	635	888	71.5
Newham	Canning Town North	1,665	3,105	53.6
Newham	Canning Town South	1,940	2,987	64.9
Newham	Royal Docks	910	1,497	60.8
Newport	Pillgwenlly	775	1,437	53.9
Newport	Tredegar Park	540	1,070	50.5
North Lanarkshire	Craigneuk	465	925	50.3
Nottingham	Aspley	2,775	5,029	55.2
Nottingham	Bridge	830	1,607	51.6
Nottingham	St Ann's	1,445	2,458	58.8
Preston	Ribbleton	1,005	1,983	50.7
Redcar and Cleveland	Grangetown	990	1,880	52.7
Renfrewshire	Ferguslie	690	1,357	50.8
Renfrewshire	Paisley Central	225	375	60.0
Renfrewshire	St. James	320	486	65.8
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	Maerdy	360	702	51.3
Salford	Blackfriars	765	1,211	63.2
Salford	Ordsall	745	1,014	73.5
Salford	Pendleton	790	1,341	58.9
Sandwell	Soho and Victoria	1,185	2,129	55.7
Sefton	Linacre	1,815	3,418	53.1
Shepway	Folkestone Harvey Central	315	622	50.6
Southwark	Livesey	1,535	2,916	52.6
Stockton-on-Tees	Portrack and Tilery	540	1,052	51.3
Swansea	Penderry	1,545	2,804	55.1
Swansea	Townhill	1,220	2,216	55.1
Torfaen	Cwmyniscoy	145	248	58.5
Tower Hamlets	Blackwall and Cubitt Town	1,160	2,124	54.6
Tower Hamlets	Bow East	1,045	1,549	67.5
Tower Hamlets	Bromley-by-Bow	1,785	3,416	52.3
Tower Hamlets	East India and Lansbury	1,795	3,114	57.6
Tower Hamlets	Limehouse	1,540	2,903	53.0
Tower Hamlets	Mile End East St. Dunstan's and Stepney	1,530	2,809	54.5
Tower Hamlets	Green	1,980	3,310	59.8
Wandsworth	Latchmere	1,245	2,475	50.3
Westminster	Church Street	1,300	1,297	100.2
Westminster	Harrow Road	990	1,640	60.4
Westminster	Queen's Park	1,470	2,018	72.8
Westminster	Westbourne	1,425	2,121	67.2
Wirral	Bidston	1,660	2,934	56.6
Wirral	Birkenhead	1,975	3,052	64.7
Wirral	Tranmere	1,910	3,171	60.2
Wrexham	Wynnstay	330	634	52.1

Notes:
1.All wards based on census wards—those current as at April 2003.
2.Income support (IS) and jobseekers allowance (JSA) data is based on the latest published data relating to August 2003.
3.JSA includes children within families claiming income based JSA only. IS includes children in all claims including those for minimum income guarantee.
4.All benefit counts at ward level are rounded to a multiple of 5 to protect the confidentiality of individual claimants and their families.
5.The total children aged 0 to 15 at ward level are based on the relevant 2001 census.
6.The anomaly in the data for Westminster, Church Street is caused by either population changes between 2001 (census data) and 2003 (benefit data) or undercounting in the census.
Source:
Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions.





 
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Council Tax Assistance

Geraldine Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Morecambe and Lunesdale he expects will benefit from the £200 council tax assistance. [223478]

Malcolm Wicks: We estimate that about 13,000 pensioners in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency will benefit from the £200 council tax assistance.

Note:

Parliamentary constituencies are assigned by matching postcodes against the ONS postcode directory.

Source:

IAD Information Centre

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