Written question asked by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 9 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 July 2002. It was answered by Malcolm Wicks (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 July 2002 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Dept for Work and Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his letter of 5th July to members of the committee that considered the Social Security (Electronic Communication) (Child Benefit) Order 2002, what proportion of downloads of child benefit claim forms from the existing website are made by women; and what proportion of existing child benefit claimants are women. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his letter of 5 July 2002 to members of the Committee that considered the Social Security (Electronic Communication) (Child Benefit) Order 2002, what proportion of downloads of child benefit claim forms from the existing website are made by women; and what proportion of existing child benefit claimants are women. [69259] Malcolm Wicks: It is not possible to differentiate between men and women downloading existing electronic claim forms. 95.5 per cent. of child benefit customers are women.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 389 c295W; 69259
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Child benefit Applications Women ICT Internet Recipients Social security benefits
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk