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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the real growth in spending by his Department between 1997 and 2002 on (a) housing benefit, (b) council tax benefit, (c) pensions, (d) disability benefits, (e) child benefits and (f) unemployment related benefits; and if...

Asked by

David Laws (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 February 2003

For answer on

8 April 2003

Answered on

8 April 2003

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the real growth in spending by his Department between 1997 and 2002 on (a) housing benefit, (b) council tax benefit, (c) pensions, (d) disability benefits, (e) child benefits and (f) unemployment related benefits; and if he will make a statement. [97352] Malcolm Wicks: The information is in the table. It shows the Government is spending less on the costs of unemployment--so that the annual bill is now around £5 billion lower than in 1996-97. This allows the Government to continue to invest with confidence in the key priorities--pensioners and families. Total change in expenditure in real terms, Great Britain, financial years 1996-97 to 2001-02 Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. DWP Annually Managed Total Benefit Expenditure Expenditure (a) Housing Benefit -7.0 -12.7 (b) Council Tax Benefit 2.3 2.2 (c) Pensions 16.5 16.5 (d) Disability Benefits 23.2 23.2 (e) Child Benefits Including Family Credit/ 3.3 3.3 Disability Working Allowance Excluding Family Credit/ 14.3 14.3 Disability Working Allowance (f) Unemployment-related benefits N/A -57.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes and definitions: (a), (b) and (f): Second column includes Housing and Council Tax Benefit expenditure financed within local authorities' Housing Revenue Accounts and general funds. (c) Includes Retirement Pension and equivalent benefits for people over pension age, Minimum Income Guarantee, Winter Fuel Payments and Over 75 TV Licences. Expenditure on Over 75 TV Licences includes Northern Ireland. (d) Includes Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Invalid Care Allowance, Independent Living Funds and Vaccine Damage Payments. (e) Includes Child Benefit (including Lone Parent addition), Guardian's Allowance and Child's Special Allowance, child- related elements of Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance, Family Credit and Disability Working Allowance (unless otherwise stated). (f) Includes Jobseeker's Allowance, Unemployment Benefit, and Income Support, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit for the unemployed. Some expenditure in this category will also be included in (a), (b) and (e). Information on DWP AME is not available for this category because the data that is used to identify unemployed people in receipt of Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Benefit does not show whether their benefit is funded by DWP, or from the other sources of funding for these benefits (local authorities' Housing Revenue Accounts and general funds). Source: Departmental Accounts and estimated outturn underlying the Pre-Budget 2002 forecasts.

Date

8 April 2003

Reference

97352; 403 c229-30W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 01/1680

Tables showing the number of men of working age claiming sickness and disability benefits by Parliamentary constituency for each year from May 1996 to May 2001. DWP. 2001.

Deposited by

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Deposited papers

Date

3 December 2001

Reference

DEP 01/1680

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland consituency were in receipt of income-related benefits in each of the last four years. - Tables given. (Holding answer 20 November 2001).

Asked by

Ashok Kumar (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 November 2001

For answer on

26 November 2001

Answered on

26 November 2001

Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people living in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency were in receipt of income-related benefits in each of the last four years. [16437] Malcolm Wicks: [holding answer 20 November 2001]: The available information is in the tables. Income-related benefit recipients in the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. May 1998 May 1999 May 2000 May 2001 Income Support 6,400 6,200 6,900 7,400 Jobseeker's Allowance{1} 2,400 2,200 1,800 1,600 Family Credit/Working 1,800 1,600 2,000 2,400 Families' Tax Credit{2} Disability Working 32 30 45 54 Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit{2} Total 10,600 10,000 10,700 11,400 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Income based {2} Family Credit and Disability Working Allowance were replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit and Disabled Person's Tax Credit in October 1999 and are tax credits rather than Social Security benefits. Notes: 1. Figures (other than Disability Working Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit which is a 100 per cent. count of all cases) are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error. 2. Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance (Income Based), Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit and "Total" figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. 3. Income Support/Jobseeker's Allowance claimants in receipt of Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit or Disability Working Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit are not shown in Income Support/Jobseeker's Allowance totals. 4. Disabled Working Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit figures are for April each year. 5. Totals may not sum owing to rounding. Source: Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries May 1998-May 2001 Jobseeker's Allowance Quarterly Statistical Enquiries May 1998-May 2001 Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiries May 1998-May 2001 Disability Working Allowance/Disabled Person's Tax Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiries April 1998-April 2001 Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit figures are not available for the Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East constituency but are available for Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland local authorities. Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit caseload for Middlesbrough local authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Housing Benefit Council Tax Benefit May 1998 17,680 20,330 May 1999 17,560 20,510 May 2000 17,230 20,130 May 2001 16,670 19,560 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit caseload for Redcar and Cleveland local authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Housing Benefit Council Tax Benefit May 1998 12,830 16,620 May 1999 12,940 16,830 May 2000 12,590 16,580 May 2001 12,550 16,740 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East parliamentary constituency is covered in part by the Middlesbrough and Redcar and Cleveland local authority areas. Figures are not therefore representative of the constituency area. 2. The data refer to households, which may be a single person or a couple. 3. The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 cases. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock-count taken each May from 1998 to 2001

Date

26 November 2001

Reference

16437; 375 c711-3W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 01/1612

Letter dated 16.11.2001 from Alexis Cleveland, Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency, to Maria Eagle MP regarding the procedural steps for assessing eligibility, reviewing, appealing and making payment of disablement allowances, maternity allowances, industrial injuries allowances, retirement allowances and disability working allowances. DH. 2001.

Deposited by

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Deposited papers

Date

21 November 2001

Reference

DEP 01/1612

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions;Social Security Benefits Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the procedural steps for assessing eligibility, reviewing, appealing and making payment of (a) severe disablement allowance, (b) maternity allowance, (c) industrial injuries disablement allowance, (d) reduced earnings allowance/retirement allowance, (e) attendance allowance and (f) disability working...

Asked by

Annabelle Ewing (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Social Security Benefits Agency

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 October 2001

For answer on

19 November 2001

Answered on

19 November 2001

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the procedural steps for assessing eligibility, reviewing, appealing and making payment of (a) severe disablement allowance, (b) maternity allowance, (c) industrial injuries disablement allowance, (d) reduced earnings allowance/retirement allowance, (e) attendance allowance and (f) disability working allowance, indicating which of the offices of his Department and his agencies in Scotland handle each of these steps. [12194] Maria Eagle: [holding answer 2 November 2001]: This is a matter for Alexis Cleveland, Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency. She will write to the hon. Member. Letter from Alexis Cleveland to Annabelle Ewing, dated 16 November 2001: The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has asked me to respond to your recent Parliamentary Question asking if he will list the procedural steps for assessing eligibility, reviewing, appealing and making payment of (a) severe disablement allowance (b) maternity allowance (c) industrial injuries disablement allowance (d) reduced earnings allowance/retirement allowance (e) attendance allowance and (f) disability working allowance, indicating which of the offices of his Department and his agencies in Scotland handle each of these steps. Information is not available about Disability Working Allowance as this was replaced by the Disabled Person's Tax Credit in October 1999, and is now administered by the Inland Revenue. Details of eligibility and payments for the other benefits listed have been placed in the House of Commons Library. The revision and appeals process is the same for all benefits. When an appeal is received in the Benefits Agency (BA), the Decision Maker considers whether there are any new grounds raised that would enable the decision to be revised. If not, a written submission is prepared and it and copies of the evidence are sent to The Appeals Service. At the same time a copy of the submission and the evidence is sent to the appellant and any known representative. The appellant is also sent a pre-hearing enquiry form to complete and return to the Appeals Service to indicate whether he/she wants his/her appeal to be dealt with by an oral or paper hearing. On receipt of the appeal submission and documents, the appeal is registered by the Appeals Service. When the pre-hearing enquiry form is received from the appellant, the appropriate type of hearing is arranged. Where an oral hearing has been requested, the panel member(s) who will form the appeal tribunal are allocated according to type of appeal and all interested parties (appellant, representative and BA) are notified of the date, time and place of the hearing. The panel members who form the appeal tribunal are independent of the Department for Work and Pensions and are appointed by the Lord Chancellor. When they have made their decision, all interested parties are notified. If the appeal tribunal finds in the appellant's favour, the BA is then responsible for implementing the tribunal's decision. I hope this is helpful.

Date

19 November 2001

Reference

375 c145-7W; 12194

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide a breakdown of how many people were in receipt of means-tested benefits and tax credits for each year since May 1997. - Inc table.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

5 October 2001

For answer on

16 October 2001

Answered on

16 October 2001

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will provide a breakdown of how many people were in receipt of means-tested benefits and tax credits for each year since May 1997. [7787] Malcolm Wicks: The information is in the table. Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. May 1997 May 1998 May 1999 May 2000 May {1}2001 Income Support 3,958 3,853 3,814 3,811 3,928 Jobseeker's 1,225 1,027 948 824 701 Allowance--income-based Housing Benefit 4,640 4,475 4,313 4,033 3,863 Council Tax Benefit 5,500 5,326 5,166 4,830 4,657 Family Credit/Working 748 767 791 1,024 1,214 Families Tax Credit Disability Working 13 15 17 23 27 Allowance/Disabled Persons Tax Credit _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The 2001 count for Disabled Persons Tax Credit was taken in April not May 2001. Notes: 1. For Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance and Family Credit/Working Families Tax Credit, figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error. Other data are taken from 100 per cent. counts. 2. Figures are for Great Britain and are rounded to the nearest thousand. 3. Some people may be entitled to more than one means-tested benefit. A large proportion of people receiving Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit, may also be receiving one of the other means-tested benefits/tax credits. Figures cannot therefore be added together to produce a total. 4. The data refer to benefit units, which may be a single person or a couple. 5. The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit totals for Great Britain include estimates for local authorities that have not responded. These estimates are based on historical and regional data. This type of estimate is standard practice in reporting totals where there have been non-respondents. 6. Council Tax Benefit totals exclude any Second Adult Rebate cases. 7. Housing Benefit figures exclude any Extended Payment cases. Source: Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, May 1997 to May 2001 Jobseeker's Allowance Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, May 1997 to May 2001 Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock-count taken in May of each year from 1997 Family Credit/Working Families Tax Credit, May 1997 to May 2001 Disability Working Allowance/Disabled Person Tax Credit May 1997 to May 2001

Date

16 October 2001

Reference

7787; 372 c1210-2W;372 c1208-10W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many disabled people would be entitled to payment of the disabled person's tax credit if the rules governing receipt of an eligible disability benefit were the same as those of the disability working allowance; if he will estimate the number of disabled...

Asked by

Richard Bacon (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 July 2001

Reference

372 c570W;372 c569-70W; 5423;5422

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people were in receipt of the disability working allowance in September 1999. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Richard Bacon (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 July 2001

Reference

5445; 372 c698-9W

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 01/766

Seven statistical tables showing breakdowns of historical and forecast benefit expenditure and caseloads for Great Britain. Includes [1] benefit expenditure in Great Britain 1991/92 to 2003/04 (nominal terms) (a)(b)(c), [2] benefit expenditure in Great Britain 1991/92 to 2003/04 (real terms 2000/01 prices) (a)(b)(c)(h), [3] benefit expenditure byage-based client group (nominal...

Deposited by

Department of Social Security

Type

Deposited papers

Date

3 May 2001

Reference

DEP 01/766

House

House of Commons

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his Answer on 23rd March, Official Report, 365 c370W, what consideration was given to providing additional exemptions from the proposed new Younger Person's Rent regulations for (a) young pregnant women, (b) young people in receipt of the disability working...

Asked by

Karen Buck (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2001

Reference

366 c608-9W; 156723;156724

House

House of Commons

Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No 3) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001

SI 2001/893 (Negative instrument). Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

Department

Treasury

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

SI 2001/893

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No 3) Regulations 2001

SI 2001/892 (Negative instrument). Coming into force in accordance with 1(2) and (3)

Department

Treasury

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

SI 2001/892

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept of Social Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people in Yorkshire and Humberside received the disability working allowance during the last year of its existence. - Including figures.

Asked by

John Grogan (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Social Security

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 February 2001

Reference

363 c134-5W;363 c135W; 149440

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received about the payment method for the disabled persons' tax credit. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Ben Bradshaw (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 January 2001

Reference

145978; 362 c41W

House

House of Commons

Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001

SI 2001/20 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 30 January 2001.

Department

Treasury

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

9 January 2001

Reference

SI 2001/20

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2001

SI 2001/19 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 30 January 2001.

Department

Treasury

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

9 January 2001

Reference

SI 2001/19

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Tax Credits (New Deal Pilot Consequential Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000

SI 2000/3133 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 28 November 2000.

Department

Treasury

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

27 November 2000

Reference

SI 2000/3133

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No 4) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000

SI 2000/2979 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 28 November 2000.

Department

Treasury

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

7 November 2000

Reference

SI 2000/2979

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No 4) Regulations 2000

SI 2000/2978 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 28 November 2000.

Department

Treasury

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

7 November 2000

Reference

SI 2000/2978

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No 3) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000

SI 2000/2189 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 1 September 2000

Department

Treasury

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

11 August 2000

Reference

SI 2000/2189

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

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