Written question asked by Terry Rooney (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 November 1996. It was answered by Roger Evans (Conservative) on Monday, 18 November 1996 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: How many applications have been made for extended payment of housing benefit and council tax benefit and how many have been successful by standard region and Great Britain as a whole and by (a) gender and (b) ethnicity, specifying the numbers who were (i) registered unemployed, (ii) recipients of a training allowance, (ii) lone parents (iv) carers and the duration of the benefit claim since the inception of the scheme. - No figs given.

Answer: Mr. Rooney: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many applications have been made for extended payment of housing benefit and council tax benefit and how many have been successful by standard region and Great Britain as a whole and by (a) gender and (b) ethnicity, specifying the numbers who were (i) registered unemployed, (ii) recipients of a training allowance, (iii) lone parents and (iv) carers and the duration of the benefit claim since the inception of the scheme. [4435] Mr. Roger Evans: Information concerning the gender, ethnicity and duration of claim in respect of housing benefit and council tax benefit extended payments is not collected. The remaining information will be available early next year.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 4435; 285 c456W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Carers Council tax Housing benefit Ethnic groups Lone parents Training Unemployed people
Contains statistics: Yes