Jim Cousins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of all children under 16 17 July 2008 : Column 651W
years old were living in households in receipt of benefits in each parliamentary constituency in the North East in 2008. [219095]
Mr. Plaskitt:
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 of children aged 0 to 15 dependent on a parent or guardian claiming one or more of income support, jobseeker’s allowance, incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or pension credit: North East region parliamentary constituencies April 2007
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
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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
Jim Cousins:
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 constituency in the North East in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008. [219097]
Mr. Plaskitt:
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.
Number of working age incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, income support or jobseeker’s allowance claimants in the north east parliamentary constituencies
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
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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
