Live Register Data

Thursday, 23 January 2014

Questions (120)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

120. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the percentage of claimants on the live register in December 2013 who were single claimants; the percentage who were couples; the percentage who were couples with one child; the percentage who were couples with two children; the percentage who were couples with three children; the percentage who were couples with four children; the percentage who were couples with more than four children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3309/14]

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Minister for Social Protection

A breakdown of the live register in December 2013 by number of dependents is detailed in the following tabular statement.

Breakdown of live register claimants by number of dependants, December 2013

Percentage	Number of Claimants	Live Register Category
72.1%	285,114	Are claiming for themselves only (i.e. no dependents) including people signing for Credits. (of these 221,627 or 56% of the register are single people)
5.3%	21,009	Have an adult dependent with no Qualified Child Increase
4.5%	17,702	Have an adult dependent with one Qualified Child Increase
5.1%	20,007	Have an adult dependent with two Qualified Child Increases
2.5%	10,049	Have an adult dependent with three Qualified Child Increases
1.0%	3,997	Have an adult dependent with four Qualified Child Increases
0.5%	2,114	Have an adult dependent with more than four Qualified Child Increases
4.1%	16,124	Are claiming personal rate plus one Qualified Child Increases
2.9%	11,590	Are claiming personal rate plus two Qualified Child Increases
1.3%	5,306	Are claiming personal rate plus three Qualified Child Increases
0.4%	1,755	Are claiming personal rate plus four Qualified Child Increases
0.2%	644	Are claiming personal rate plus more than four Qualified Child Increases
100.0%	395,411	Total