INCOME SUPPORT CLAIMANTS |
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| Table 10(a) - Total Income Support claimants as a percentage of the 16+ (16-59) population |
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| Per cent |
GO Region/Country |
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| North East | North West | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Midlands | West Midlands | East of England | London | South East | South West | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland1 | |||
| 2003 | Nov | 8.5 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 10.0 | |
| 2004 | Feb | 8.4 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 10.0 | |
| May | 8.3 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 10.0 | ||
| Aug | 8.2 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 10.0 | ||
| Nov | 8.0 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 10.1 | ||
| 20052 | Feb | 7.9 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 10.1 | |
| May | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 10.0 | ||
| Aug | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 10.1 | ||
| Nov | 7.7 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 10.1 | ||
| 1 Northern Ireland data are not directly comparable with the rest of the UK. See Definitions section. | |||||||||||||||
| 2 2005 data calculated using mid 2004 population figures. | |||||||||||||||
| Source: DWP Information Directorate: Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study. | |||||||||||||||