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Mr. Peter Lloyd
The amount of income support payable in the circumstances described would depend on a number of factors, including the level of deduction for the social fund loan, which is at the discretion of an officer acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, and on the claimant's income. However, a hypothetical assessment, assuming income of child benefit and one-parent benefit with a social fund deduction of 5 per cent. and with no deduction for current rent, rates or fuel consumption, would be:
|
£ |
| Personal allowance |
34.90 |
| Children's allowance |
35.25 |
| Lone Parent premium |
3.90 |
| Family premium |
6.50 |
| Applicable amount |
80.55 |
| 1 Place of death |
| Type of maternal death |
Total number |
Consultant Obstetric Unit |
Intensive Care Unit |
2Other hospital ward |
3Home |
4Elsewhere |
| Direct death |
138 |
38 |
49 |
24 |
23 |
4 |
| Associated with anaesthesia (all included in direct death) |
19 |
4 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Indirect death |
71 |
22 |
16 |
13 |
14 |
6 |
| 1 Not always the place where the anaesthetic complication occurred. (No direct or indirect deaths occurred in GP units or GP maternity homes.) |
| 2 Includes neurosurgical units, medical and surgical wards, accident and emergency departments. |
| 3 None of the deaths at home were booked home deliveries. |
| 4 Includes two deaths in private nursing homes approved Under the Abortion Act. |
222W
|
£ |
| Deductions for arrears of housing costs |
1.75 |
| Deduction for arrears of fuel |
3.50 |
| Deduction for social fund loan |
14.02 |
| Total deductions |
9.27 |
| Income support payable |
44.33 |
| 1 5 per cent of applicable amount. |