Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women over the age of 60 claim jobseeker's allowance at (a) Bridgend Jobcentre and (b) Porthcawl Jobcentre; and if he will make a statement.

There were 30 female Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants over the age of 60 in the county borough of Bridgend, which includes Porthcawl, as of July 2017.

This information is published by NOMIS and available at https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp> and can be accessed by choosing the Jobseekers Allowance Age and Duration dataset and selecting “local authorities: county / unitary (as of April 2015) (Oct 2004 onwards)”, age, sex and date.

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