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<p>Information on the number of Support for Mortgage Interest claimants in Scotland
is published here: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-02-19/128199/"
target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-02-19/128199/.</a></p><p>
</p><p>The table below provides the Department’s estimate of the caseload of Support
for Mortgage Interest (SMI) claiming ESA and JSA in Scotland.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>SMI and Employment and Support Allowance</p></td><td><p>SMI and Job
Seeker’s Allowance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>
</em></p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000 cases.
‘-’ denotes under 500 cases.</li><li>DWP does not hold a single source of data on
SMI claims to analyse and quality assured data is not available for ESA claimants
receiving SMI.</li><li>In the absence of data the caseload of ESA and JSA claimants
in Scotland has been estimated by assuming the claimant breakdown in Scotland is proportionally
the same as the GB-level breakdown published in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2017"
target="_blank">Benefit Expenditure and Caseload Tables</a>.</li></ul><p>Robust estimates
are not available on SMI claimants in receipt of Personal Independence Payment in
Scotland or at geographies smaller than Scotland level.</p>
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