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Dept of Social Security

Answer

Mr. Alan Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many (a) men and (b) women qualified for home responsibilities protection during each of the past five years, by reason for protection; and what is his estimate of the annual cost of making each year of home responsibilities protection equivalent to a year in which full national insurance credits have been awarded. [15797] Mr. Heald: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table. The Government Actuary's Department has estimated that replacing the Home Responsibilities Protection arrangements with full national insurance credits would cost £150 million in the year 2030. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Reason/Benefit 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 Men Child benefit 30 36 40 49 57 Income support -- -- -- -- -- Attendance allowance 1 -- -- -- -- Total 31 36 40 49 57 Women Child benefit 2,619 2,688 2,709 2,719 2,700 Income support -- 1 -- -- -- Attendance allowance 2 1 1 1 -- Total 2,621 2,690 2,710 2,720 2,700 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: 1 per cent. sample of national insurance records at February 1996--DSS Home Responsibilities Protection Statistics 1994-95. Notes: 1. Figures relate to Great Britain and are rounded to the nearest thousand. trement pension. 2. It is not possible to determine how many of the years will be used in the final pension calculation until the individual claims retirement pension.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

15797; 291 c526W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Child benefit Costs Attendance allowance Income support National insurance contributions Recipients Social security benefits Home responsibilities protection

Contains statistics

Yes