Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which ward in each local authority area in England has the (a) highest and (b) lowest proportion of households receiving workless benefits. [210011]
Mr. Timms:
The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for those claiming a relevant benefit, has been placed in the Library.
Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) which 50 parliamentary constituencies had the highest (a) number and (b) proportion of households in receipt of (i) jobseekers allowance, (ii) income support and (iii) incapacity benefit in the most recent period for which figures are available; [210015]
(2) which 50 local authority areas had the highest proportion of working age households in receipt of (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) income support and (c) incapacity benefit in the most recent period for which figures are available. [210116]
Mr. Timms:
The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for those who are claiming a relevant benefit, has been placed in the Library.
Unemployment Benefits: Children
Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which 50 local authority areas had the highest proportion of children living in households in receipt of (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) income support and (c) incapacity benefit in the most recent period for which figures are available. [210014]
Mr. Timms:
The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for the proportion of children who have a parent or guardian in receipt of a relevant benefit, has been placed in the Library.
Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which 50 parliamentary constituencies had the highest proportion of children living in households in receipt of (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) income support and (c) incapacity benefit in the most recent period for which figures are available. [210016]
Mr. Timms:
The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for the proportions of children who have a parent or guardian in receipt of a relevant benefit, has been placed in the Library.
Ms Buck:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children are estimated to be living in households in receipt of (a) income support and (b) incapacity benefit in each (i) borough and (ii) parliamentary constituency in London. [210114]
Mr. Timms:
The information is not available for households in the format requested. The available information, which is for the numbers of children who have a parent or guardian in receipt of a relevant benefit, has been placed in the Library.
Unemployment Benefits: Greater London
Ms Buck:
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]
Mr. Timms:
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
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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
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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
