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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many workers in Buckingham have taken up the Sure Start maternity grant. [161564] Mr. Pond: The information is not available in the format requested; the available information is in the table. Awards of Sure Start Maternity Grants in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire district, broken down by qualifying benefit/tax credit _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Income support Jobseekers allowance Tax credits Total (Income based) 2000-01 1,317 199 505 2,021 2001-02 1,414 189 783 2,386 2002-03 1,499 225 1,151 2,875 2003-04 1,379 242 1,166 2,787 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Data is not available by parliamentary constituency. Buckingham parliamentary constituency is part of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Jobcentre Plus District, which was formed by merging Buckinghamshire Social Fund District and Oxfordshire Social Fund District in December 2002. For comparison purposes, data before the merger is given for Buckinghamshire Social Fund District and Oxfordshire Social Fund District combined. 2. Data on applications by workers is not available. 3. The available data is given in the tables above. Prior to 2003-04, tax credits refer to Working Families' Tax Credit and Disabled Person's Tax Credit. From 2003-04, tax credits refer to Child Tax Credit (CTC) payable at a rate higher than the family element and Working Tax Credit where the disability or severe disability element is included in the award. Where a Sure Start Maternity Grant (SSMG) is awarded and the applicant or partner is in receipt of both Income Support (IS) and CTC at the appropriate rate, the SSMG award will be recorded under IS. Similarly, where a SSMG is awarded and the applicant or partner is in receipt of both Jobseeker's Allowance (Income-Based) (JSA(IB)) and CTC at the appropriate rate, the SSMG award should be recorded under JSA(IB). 4. Data for 2003-04 is for April 2003 to February 2004 only. Source: DWP Social Fund Policy, Budget and Management Information System.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

419 c855-6W;419 c857-8W; 161564

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Maternity benefits Sure Start programme Buckinghamshire Maternity payments Buckingham

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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