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Social Security Benefits

Mr. Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged (a) 25 to 34 and (b) under 25 were in receipt of (i) incapacity benefit, (ii) jobseekers allowance, (iii) lone parent benefit, (iv) carers’ allowance and (v) any other out of work benefit in (A) each English region, (B) Wales, (C) Scotland and (D) Northern Ireland in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what percentage this represented of the population of each area. [179142]

Mrs. McGuire [holding answer 15 January 2008]: The available information is in the following tables. Information for Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.


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Benefit claimants under 25 years of age by country and English regions: May 2007
All cases Jobseekers Incapacity benefits Lone parent Carer Others

All GB

Case load

627,070

243,700

165,740

166,050

16,000

35,590

Percentage of population

9.0

3.5

2.4

2.4

0.2

0.5

North East

Case load

38,860

15,780

10,260

10,220

910

1,700

Percentage of population

12.1

4.9

3.2

3.2

0.3

0.5

North West

Case load

88,670

34,530

23,720

23,370

2,590

4,470

Percentage of population

10.4

4.1

2.8

2.8

0.3

0.5

Yorkshire and Humberside

Case load

61,960

25,380

14,720

16,630

1,820

3,420

Percentage of population

9.2

3.8

2.2

2.5

0.3

0.5

East Midlands

Case load

43,200

17,750

10,680

11,390

1,080

2,300

Percentage of population

8.1

3.3

2.0

2.1

0.2

0.4

West Midlands

Caseload

68,020

29,960

15,630

17,650

1,740

3,050

Percentage of population

10.5

4.6

2.4

2.7

0.3

0.5

East of England

Case load

44,160

16,980

11,890

11,720

940

2,620

Percentage of population

7.2

2.8

1.9

1.9

0.2

0.4

London

Case load

87,460

35,540

17,900

24,160

2,090

7,770

Percentage of population

9.8

4.0

2.0

2.7

0.2

0.9

South East

Case load

57,250

19,050

16,870

16,730

1,230

3,380

Percentage of population

6.2

2.1

1.8

1.8

0.1

0.4

South West

Case load

39,440

11,910

13,930

10,190n

870

2,550

Percentage of population

6.8

2.1

2.4

1.8

0.1

0.4

Wales

Case load

38,060

13,750

11,620

9,810

1,100

1,780

Percentage of population

10.6

3.8

3.2

2.7

0.3

0.5

Scotland

Case load

59,450

23,060

18,440

14,140

1,560

2,240

Percentage of population

9.9

3.8

3.1

2.3

0.3

0.4

Living abroad or unknown

Case load

540

20

90

30

80

330

Percentage of population

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a


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