SAS Chapter 13: page 8

The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998

13C unemployed claimants

Table 13C1 Unemployed claimants, 1992-19971,2

thousands

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Total claimants	238	233	215	193	179	139

Male Claimants	184	181	167	149	139	109

All with benefit	164	164	193	136	129	100
Contribution based benefit only 3	37	35	24	20	27	14
Contribution 3 & Income-based benefit 4	9	8	12	11	4	2
Income-based benefit only 4	119	121	115	104	98	83
No benefit in payment	20	17	15	14	10	9

Female claimants	54	52	48	44	40	31

All with benefit	44	44	41	37	35	26
Contribution based benefit only 3	14	14	11	10	12	7
Contribution 3 & Income-based benefit 4	1	1	2	2	1	-
Income-based benefit only 4	29	29	28	25	22	19
No benefit in payment	10	8	7	7	5	4

Source: DSS Analytical Services

1 Claimant on a day in November.
2 Jobseeker’s Allowance replaces Unemployment Benefit and Income Support for the unemployed from October 1996.
3 Formerly Unemployment Benefit.
4 Formerly Income Support for the unemployed.

Chart 13C1 Unemployed claimants, 1990-1997

Line Graph

Source: DSS Analytical Services