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Written question asked by David Chaytor (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 January 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 January 2001. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 29 January 2001 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many arrangements (a) are and (b) were in each of the last five years in place to deduct gas and electricity payments from income support and income-based jobseekers allowance; and if he will make a statement. - Includes tables.
Answer

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many arrangements (a) are and (b) were in each of the last five years in place to deduct gas and electricity payments from Income Support and income-based Jobseeker's Allowance; and if he will make a statement. [147813] Angela Eagle: The information is in the tables. Deductions from Income Support for gas and electricity, August 1996 to August 2000 Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year All cases Electric only Gas only Electricity and gas 1996 168.4 27.0 121.1 20.2 1997 137.6 23.7 98.1 15.8 1998 99.2 20.2 67.7 11.4 1999 71.9 18.9 44.7 8.3 2000 60.4 17.0 35.8 7.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Deductions from income-based Jobseeker's Allowance for gas and electricity, August 1997 to August 2000 Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year All cases Electric only Gas only Electricity and gas 1997 15.4 3.0 11.1 1.4 1998 10.3 2.7 6.7 1.0 1999 5.6 1.8 3.4 0.5 2000 3.5 1.2 2.1 0.2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample records, taken at August each year, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and shown in thousands. 3. Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance replaced Income Support for the unemployed in October 1996. Source: Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, August 1996 to August 2000. Jobseeker's Allowance Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, August 1997 to August 2000.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
147813; 362 c94W
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Deductions Billing Jobseeker's allowance Income support Energy Electricity Natural gas Social security benefits
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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