- The number of Family Credit recipients in Scotland has
increased by 32,000 since 1990. (Table
13A1)
34% of Family Credit recipients in Scotland are couples. (Table 13A1)
The average Family Credit award in February 1998 was
£56.69, a rise of £28.96 since May 1990. (Table 13A1)
74% of Family Credit main earners in Scotland are female. (Table 13A1)
The number of Income Support recipients in Scotland has
increased by 67,000 since 1992, to 408,000 . (Table 13A2)
The average award of Income Support in February 1998 was
£52.76, an increase of £4.57 since 1992. (Table 13A2)
69% of Income Support recipients have been receiving benefit
for 2 years or more. (Table 13A3)
Since 1989 the number of private tenant recipients of
Housing Benefit has increased by 66% and the number of local authority tenant recipients
has decreased by 15%. (Table
13B1)
The number of Council Tax Benefit recipients increased by
10% between May 1993 and May 1997. (Table 13B1)
The average weekly amount of Housing Benefit more than
doubled between May 1989 and May 1997. (Table 13B1)
Between 1992 and 1996 the number of claimants and the number
of days of certified incapacity for Sickness, Invalidity and Incapacity Benefits, have
risen steadily. In 1997 there was a slight drop in both. (Table 13B3)
The total number of people claiming unemployment related
benefits (Contribution and income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance) in Scotland in
November 1997 was 139,000. (Table
13C1)
In Scotland in November 1997, 17% of unemployed claimants
were receiving Contribution based Jobseeker’s Allowance. (Table 13C1)
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