Speeches

Cathy Jamieson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cathy Jamieson on 2014-03-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in jobseeker’s allowance to recipients in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in the last 12 months.

Esther McVey

The amount paid in Jobseeker’s Allowance in 2012/13 can be found in the table below.

2012/13
£m

JSA

Scotland

478

Kilmarnock & Loudoun

12

Source: DWP statistical data

Note: Expenditure is shown for the last complete financial year. The benefit expenditure for Jobseeker’s Allowance can be found in the Parliamentary Constituency tables as per link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266825/pc-tables-201213.xls