Written answers
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Department of Social Protection
Live Register Data
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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120. To ask 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]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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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 dependents, 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 |
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