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Written question asked by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 22 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 November 2006. It was answered by Anne McGuire (Labour) on Monday, 15 January 2007 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Carers

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's total expenditure on carers was each year since 1990-91 in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms using 2004-05 prices; what the planned expenditure is in 2006-07 in the same terms; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

The information is in the following tables.

Great Britain—Cash terms
£ million
Status (a) Carer's allowance (b) Income support—received by carers (c) Income support / pension credit—carer premium over-60s (d) Income support—carer premiums received by other income support recipients under-60s Total expenditure on carers
1990-91 outturn 208 9 1 4 222
1991-92 outturn 285 18 3 9 315
1992-93 outturn 345 50 5 19 419
1993-94 outturn 442 57 7 29 535
1994-95 outturn 526 73 11 43 653
1995-96 outturn 617 97 14 56 784
1996-97 outturn 736 111 17 67 931
1997-98 outturn 746 118 20 66 950
1998-99 outturn 782 116 21 69 988
1999-2000 outturn 835 118 24 72 1,049
2000-01 outturn 867 126 26 76 1,095
2001-02 outturn 932 172 51 106 1,261
2002-03 outturn 993 182 63 118 1,356
2003-04 outturn 1,054 201 81 128 1,464
2004-05 outturn 1,096 202 130 132 1,560
2005-06 estimated outturn 1,149 173 178 132 1,632
2006-07 plans 1,201 180 205 145 1,731
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding.
Great Britain—Real terms, at 2004-05 prices
£ million
Status (a) Carer's allowance (b) Income support—received by carers (c) Income support / pension credit—carer premium over-60s (d) Income support—carer premiums received by other income support recipients under-60s Total expenditure on carers
1990-91 outturn 308 13 1 6 329
1991-92 outturn 398 25 4 13 440
1992-93 outturn 467 68 7 26 567
1993-94 outturn 583 75 9 38 705
1994-95 outturn 683 95 14 56 848
1995-96 outturn 778 122 18 71 988
1996-97 outturn 897 135 21 82 1,135
1997-98 outturn 884 140 24 78 1,125
1998-99 outturn 903 134 24 80 1,141
1999-2000 outturn 946 134 27 82 1,188
2000-01 outturn 968 141 29 85 1,223
2001/02 outturn 1,017 188 56 116 1,376
2002-03 outturn 1,051 193 67 125 1,435
2003-04 outturn 1,083 207 83 132 1,504
2004-05 outturn 1,096 202 130 132 1,560
2005-06 estimated outturn 1,128 170 175 130 1,602
2006-07 plans 1,148 172 196 139 1,654
Notes:
1. Expenditure on carers has been interpreted to include the following: a. total carer's allowance expenditure; b. total income support expenditure who are entitled to income support by virtue of being a carer. People who are unemployed, lone parents or disabled and who also receive a carer premium are counted in column d. The figures quoted include people who were unemployed and entitled to income support prior to the introduction of income based jobseeker's allowance in October 1996; c. carer premium entitlement for people in receipt of income support (for people over 60 years of age) and pension credit; d. expenditure on the carer premium for carers who are on income support by virtue of being unemployed, lone parents or disabled. 2. Income support carer expenditure [(b) in the tables] has been estimated using caseload and average weekly amount data. 3. Pension credit and income support expenditure [(c) and (d) in the tables] has been estimated using caseloads and carer premium rates. 4. Carer premium expenditure has been quoted in full. It has not been reduced, or offset, by any income received by the beneficiary of the benefit. 5. The income support carer premium was introduced in October 1990. The first caseload information was collected in May 1991, so the income support expenditure quoted in the tables has been estimated using administration data for 1991-92. 6. All figures have been rounded to the nearest million pounds. 7. Expenditure is consistent with the 2006 pre-Budget report. 8. Carer's allowance replaced invalid care allowance on 1 April 2003. 9. Pension credit replaced income support, for people over 60 years of age, on 5 October 2003. 10. DWP expenditure tables, which will soon be updated to be consistent with the 2006 pre-Budget report, can be viewed at the following web address: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/expenditure.asp 11. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Source: DWP expenditure tables, departmental accounting systems, 5 per cent. samples of departmental administrative records and the Department's expenditure forecasting models.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
455 c883-6W;455 c881-4W; 103995
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Carers
Link
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