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Written question asked by Paul Flynn (Labour) on Monday, 3 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 July 2000. It was answered by Hugh Bayley (Labour) on Monday, 17 July 2000 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.


Dept of Social Security

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, How many people have responded to the minimum income guarantee take-up campaign; and how many new payments have been made. (Failed OPQ). - Includes figure.
Answer

Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people have responded to the minimum income guarantee take-up campaign; and how many new payments have been made. [129358] Mr. Bayley: Since the end of May, there have been 123,000 responses to the minimum income guarantee take-up campaign. Preliminary details on the number of successful claims will be available later in the summer.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
354 c35W; 129358
Session
1999-00
Question not reached
Yes
Subjects
Applications Income support Pensioners Publicity Social security benefits Take-up
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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