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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of income support back to work bonus payments in each year since their creation.

Asked by

David Laws (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 June 2007

For answer on

27 June 2007

Answered on

9 July 2007

The information is not available in the format requested. The available information about back to work bonus payments is in the following table.

Income support customers paid back to work bonuses: Great Britain
	Total claims paid	Total amount paid (£)
1999	14,560	5,838,442
2000	16,650	7,017,631
2001	15,340	6,757,296
2002	14,650	6,550,321
2003¹	11,840	5,489,155
2004²	12,280	6,086,704
2005²	930	488,274
¹ 2003 figures exclude May 2003. These figures are not available due to system errors. ² There are no new claims to the back to work bonus scheme after October 2004 and only transitional claims up to January 2005. Notes: 1. Figures are taken from ISCS 100 per cent. monthly scans and are given as annual figures (i.e. the sum from January to December each year) where applicable. 2. Caseloads have been rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Total amounts are rounded to the nearest pound. 4. Figures are not available prior to January 1999. Source: ISCS 100 per cent. monthly scans.

Date

9 July 2007

Reference

146222; 462 c1256W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) targets he has set and (b) estimates he has made for the number of (i) lone parents and (ii) those on incapacity benefits who may return to work as a result of back to work bonuses being extended for a year,...

Asked by

Ashok Kumar (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 December 2004

Reference

206804; 428 c1585W;428 c1583W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how may people in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland he estimates will qualify for the extension of back to work bonuses for a year, as announced in the Pre-Budget report. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Ashok Kumar (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 December 2004

Reference

206805; 428 c1585W;428 c1583W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Morley and Rothwell and (b) England have claimed Back to Work bonuses; and what the average amount claimed was in each case. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Colin Challen (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 October 2004

For answer on

27 October 2004

Answered on

27 October 2004

Mr. Challen: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Morley and Rothwell and (b) England have claimed Back to Work bonuses; and what the average amount claimed was in each case. [192513] Mr. Pond: Data on the Back to Work bonus is not available below the level of Great Britain. The available information is in the tables. Income support/pension credit customers that have claimed back to work bonuses Great Britain _________________________________________________________________________________________________. January 1999 to September 2004 Total claims received 174,790 Total claims processed 166,295 Total claims refused 83,905 Total claims paid 82,390 Total amount of bonus paid (£) 36,208,420.08 Average amount of bonus paid (£) 439.48 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Jobseeker's allowance customers that have claimed back to work bonuses: Great Britain _________________________________________________________________________________________________. January 1999 to September 2004 Total claims received 120,290 Total claims processed 125,675 Total claims refused 19,980 Total claims paid 105,695 Total amount of bonus paid (£) 34,544,873 Average amount of bonus paid (£) 326.84 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5. 2. Figures are taken from a 100 per cent. scan. 3. Amounts are given to the nearest penny. 4. Excludes May 2003 for IS. These figures are not available due to system errors. 5. Figures are not reliable prior to January 1999. Source: ISCS & JSAPS 100 per cent. monthly cans.

Date

27 October 2004

Reference

425 c1281-2W; 192513

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the back to work bonus of £1,000 is payable to unemployed people starting up their own business.

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 October 2004

Reference

424 c1797W;424 c1795W; 188323

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have received back to work bonuses in each of the last three years; and at what cost to public funds. - Includes table. (Holding answer 11 April 2003).

Asked by

Christopher Chope (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 April 2003

Reference

108918; 404 c75W;404 c76W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in the constituency of Crewe and Nantwich have been awarded (a) attendance allowance, (b) back to work bonus, (c) business start up, (d) child benefit, (e) child maintenance bonus, (f) child support maintenance, (g) cold weather payment, (h)...

Asked by

Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 March 2001

For answer on

6 April 2001

Answered on

6 April 2001

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in the constituency of Crewe and Nantwich have been awarded (a) attendance allowance, (b) back to work bonus, (c) business start up, (d) child benefit, (e) child maintenance bonus, (f) child support maintenance, (g) cold weather payment, (h) community care grants, (i) council tax benefit, (j) disability living allowance, (k) incapacity benefit, (l) income support, (m) industrial injury disablement benefit, (n) invalid care allowance, (o) maternity allowance, (p) severe disablement allowance, (q) social fund crisis loans, (r) stakeholder pensions, (s) statutory maternity pay, (t) statutory sick pay and (u) winter fuel payments since May 1997. [156256] Mr. Bayley: The information is not available in the format requested as information on awards of benefit at constituency level is limited. Such information as is available is in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefit Period Number of awards Attendance Allowance{1} 1 June 1997-30 November 2000 1,600 Council Tax Benefit{2} April 1997--March 2000 8,100 Disability Living Allowance{1} 1 June 1997-30 November 2000 900 Incapacity Benefit{1} 1 June 1998-30 November 2000 2,700 Winter Fuel Payment{3} 1999-2000 18,700 2000-2001{4} 16,700 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Figures are taken from 5 per cent. sample data. {2} Information on awards of Council Tax Benefit is in respect of the Crewe and Nantwich borough council area. Figures are taken from the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly Administration Returns. Data refers to benefit claims, which may be a single person or a couple. {3} Figures are taken from the Matching Intelligence Data Analysis Service Winter Fuel Payment exercise and are rounded to the nearest hundred. {4} The Winter Fuel Payment figures for 2000-2001 are provisional. They are taken from a payment run in November 2000 and will be an underestimate of the actual payments made.

Date

6 April 2001

Reference

156256; 366 c318W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the back to work bonus; and if he will make a statement. - Includes ref to "Prospects of Part-Time Work: the Impact of the Back to Work Bonus". A copy in the...

Asked by

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 May 2000

Reference

349 c380W; 120802

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many Back to Work bonuses have been paid in each year since the introduction of the scheme. - Table given.

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 February 1999

Reference

72186; 326 c168-9W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security;Social Security Benefits Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, if there is a target time limit for the payment of the Back to Work Bonus. - Inc text of letter from Peter Mathison of the Benefits Agency.

Asked by

Geraldine Smith (Labour)

Answering body

Social Security Benefits Agency

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 January 1999

Reference

66824; 324 c291W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

How many people returning to work have been paid a back to work bonus since the scheme's introduction; and what was the average amount of the payment. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Chris Pond (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

9 July 1997

Answered on

9 July 1997

Mr. Pond: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people returning to work have been paid a Back to Work Bonus since the scheme's introduction; and what was the average amount of the payment. [5440] Mr. Bradley: We will be evaluating the effectiveness of the Back to Work Bonus scheme in contributing to our welfare to work objectives, which are to provide work incentives and to reduce poverty and welfare dependency. The information requested is in the table. Back to Work Bonus statistics{1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All claimants Number of bonus payments made from October 1996 to May 1997{2} 15,000 Total amount of bonus payments made{3} from October 1996 to May £2,487,450 1997 Estimated average bonus payment{4} £172.11 Claimants with an accrued bonus at the end of May 1997{5} 152,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. These figures are subject to revision. {1} Provisional data based on claims held on the Income Support Computer System (ISCS) and the Jobseeker's Allowance Payment System (JSAPS). No clerically processed claims included. Numbers are rounded to the nearest thousand. {2} Claims authorised for payment recorded on JSAPS and ISCS. They include 500 payments made to claimants on reaching an age threshold (age 60 in Income Support, and age 65 for men and age 60 for women in Jobseeker's Allowance). {3} Total amount authorised for payment recorded on ISCS and JSAPS. {4} Based on total amount authorised for payment recorded on ISCS and JSAPS. {5} Live claims on ISCS and JSAPS with a bonus accrual plus claims which have ended with a bonus accrual but not bonus payment has been made (claimants who return to benefit within 12 weeks and have not claimed a bonus retain the amount accrued during the previous claim). Source: Back to Work Bonus management information statistics.

Date

9 July 1997

Reference

5440; 297 c514-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

Statement on what benefit changes he is undertaking to help lone parents to work. - Including figures. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

Lord Carrington of Fulham (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 1996

Reference

24694; 276 c132W;276 c133-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

What steps he is taking to help lone parents to work. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Den Dover (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 April 1996

Reference

24840; 275 c423W;275 c423-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

If he will list for each change the impact on the numbers claiming benefit now and in 2000-01 as a consequence of (a) the new incapacity benefit, (b) the £40 per week child care effect on family credit for single parents, (c) the back to work bonus for single parents,...

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 June 1995

Reference

262 c457-8W;262 c457W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

What new proposals he has to increase earnings disregards. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 1995

Reference

257 c339W;257 c336-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

What is his most recent calculation on the financial consequences of the proposed back to work bonus. - Includes latest estimate.

Asked by

Paul Flynn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 January 1995

Reference

253 c264W

House

House of Commons

Mackay of Ardbrecknish, Lord

How the estimates of savings in the Explanatory and Financial Memorandum of the Jobseekers Bill were arrived at. - Inc table.

Asked by

Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 December 1994

Reference

559 c135-6WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of Social Security

What is his assessment of the number of people who will give up work as a result of their unemployed partners being eligible for non means-tested benefit for only six months instead of 12 months under the Jobseeker's Allowance. - Inc fact that not possible to provide an estimate of...

Asked by

Baroness Harman (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 December 1994

Reference

251 c537W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

What changes, if any, are proposed to the existing £15 weekly disregard available to couples where the claimant's unemployment duration exceeds two years under the proposed arrangements for a back to work bonus available to jobseeker's allowance recipients; what is the proposed maximum accumulation period during which a claimant or...

Asked by

Baroness Harman (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 1994

Reference

251 c371W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

Whether he plans to include a back to work bonus in his reforms of the unemployment benefits. (Failed OPQ) - Inc fig.

Asked by

Gary Streeter (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 December 1994

Reference

251 c95W

House

House of Commons

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