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Dept of Social Security;Social Security Benefits Agency

Answer

Mr. Hain: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were transferred from reduced earnings allowance to retirement allowance between 1 April and 1 October in each Benefits Agency region. [2683] Mr. Roger Evans: The administration or reduced earnings allowance, payable under the Industrial Injuries scheme, is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member. Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Peter Hain, dated 6 November 1996: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people were transferred from Reduced Earning Allowance (REA) to Retirement Allowance (RA) between 1st April and 1st October in each Benefits Agency (BA) region. The information is not available in the format requested. Statistics are collated by BA Area Directorates, not on a regional basis. In order to assess those people who might be transferred to Retirement Allowance under amending legislation {Social Security (Industrial Injuries and Diseases)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996} which came into force on 24 March 1996, the Benefits Agency identified all Reduced Earnings Allowance recipients over pensionable age as at 24 March 1996. From 24 March to 30 September 1996, 21,299 have had their entitlement to REA transferred to RA. This includes REA recipients who attained pension age before and after 24 March 1996. The information is shown in the attached table. I hope this reply will be helpful. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefits agency area directorate Number of REA cases transferred to RA East London and Anglia 857 Chilterns 402 London South 2,019 West Country 878 Mercia 2,640 West Midlands 780 Wales 2,109 North West Coast 1,767 Greater Manchester 1,666 Yorkshire 2,002 Tyne Tees 4,398 West of Scotland 507 East of Scotland 1,172 Overseas 102 Total 2,1299 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures are provisional and subject to amendment. Budget allocations for Out of Hours Service _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Area directorates 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 £ £ £ £ £ Tyne Tees 48,630 50,037 82,273 87,360 74,539 South Yorkshire and 42,624 20,963 69,200 73,182 72,385 Humberside North and West Yorkshire 40,388 76,468 95,277 104,892 77,523 Glasgow and Paisley 27,088 35,871 101,271 111,251 135,276 North Central and West 31,860 75,859 159,744 174,392 184,286 Scotland East of Scotland 29,081 83,305 179,008 164,201 183,169 East Midlands 30,534 45,016 68,024 71,202 73,350 Midlands South West 30,710 30,633 52,066 46,796 48,491 West Mercia 35,514 32,202 52,074 45,627 33,265 Wales 35,180 37,505 57,600 57,419 61,434 Merseyside 28,247 74,988 108,472 105,936 119,108 Greater Manchester 28,046 64,894 96,729 75,716 85,402 Lancashire and Cumbria 31,060 55,801 95,039 76,555 83,673 Anglia 18,431 30,463 64,344 56,395 70,705 Chilterns 11,341 24,002 55,407 62,047 64,644 South London and West 15,122 9,008 14,122 30,396 33,524 Sussex West Country 22,132 146,208 205,600 233,070 263,211 East London and Essex 21,866 33,018 42,821 60,332 57,462 South East 13,644 17,281 37,870 40,453 35,838 Wessex 19,857 43,634 82,655 76,413 76,389 Totals 561,353 987,156 1,719,596 1,753,635 1,833,674 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures are provisional and subject to change.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

2683; 284 c675-6W;284 c687-8W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Recipients Reduced earnings allowance Social security benefits Retirement allowance

Contains statistics

Yes