SAS Chapter 13: page 3

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

Table 13A2 Awards and average amounts of Income Support by type of recipient ^1,2,3, 1992-1998

	All Recipients		Aged 60 and over		Disabled		Lone Parent		Other
	Number 000s	Average Amount Ł/wk	Number 000s	Average Amount Ł/wk	Number 000s	Average Amount Ł/wk	Number 000s	Average Amount Ł/wk	Number 000s	Average Amount Ł/wk
1992	341	48.19	160	36.91	54	47.42	98	63.85	28	59.10
1993	364	50.11	177	39.58	64	49.83	96	66.35	27	61.62
1994	373	51.64	171	38.13	75	54.81	95	70.40	31	61.21
1995	392	51.19	175	36.83	89	54.92	96	71.89	32	57.57
1996	401	52.28	175	37.04	94	56.50	96	73.76	36	58.11
1997	400	53.30	169	37.89	98	58.17	94	75.17	39	55.53
1998	408	52.76	171	37.62	105	57.46	91	74.41	41	55.82

Source: DSS Analytical Services

1 At May of each year except 1998 which relates to February.
2 Income Support for the unemployed was replaced by Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance with effect from October 1996.
Details on unemployed Income Support claimants are included in table 13C1.
3 Data excludes claimants who would now be eligible for Jobseeker’s Allowance, or those claimants on a Government training scheme.

Chart 13A1 Average amounts of Income Support by type of recipient, May 1998

Bar Chart

Source: DSS Analytical Services