Income Support (Hansard, 23 February 1994)

§ Mr. Burt

The administration of income support is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.

Letter from M. Bichard to Ms Mildred Gordon, dated 22 February 1994: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking about the number of households in Tower Hamlets who are having deductions made from their Income Support to meet fuel costs. The information is not available in the format requested this is because statistics are not kept which are specific to Tower Hamlets. However, I have placed in the attached appendix information which has been obtained from the Annual Statistical Enquiry, which is based on a 1 per cent, sample of Income Support claimants. The information is for the South East of England which comprises of the London North and London South administrative regions which cover the area of Tower Hamlets but cannot be broken down to a local level. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 500. I hope you find this reply helpful.

Appendix
Number of Income Support recipients in South East England with deductions from benefit in respect of fuel costs
£	Deductions for electricity	Deductions for gas
1991
0.01– 2.00	—	—
2.01– 3.00	500	—
3.01– 4.00	1,000	500
4.01– 5.00	1,000	1,000
5.01– 6.00	1,000	2,500
6.01– 7.00	1,500	3,500
7.01– 8.00	1,000	2,500
8.01– 9.00	1,000	4,500
9.01–10.00	1,500	3,500
10.01–11.00	1,500	4,000
11.01–12.00	1,500	2,500
12.01–13.00	1,000	1,500
13.01–14.00	1,000	1,500
14.01–15.00	500	1,500
15.01–16.00	500	500
16.01–17.00	500	—
17.01–18.00	500	—
18.01–19.00	—	—
19.01–20.00	—	—
20.01–21.00	—	—
21.01–22.00	500	—
22.01–23.00	—	—
23.01–24.00	—	—
24.01–25.00	—	—
25.01–26.00	—	—
26.01–27.00	—	—
27.01–28.00	—	—
28.01–29.00	—	—
29.01–30.00	—	—
30.01–31.00	—	—

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£	Deductions for electricity	Deductions for gas
31.01–32.00	—	—
132.01–33.00	—	—
33.01–34.00	—	—
34.01–35.00	—	—
35.01–36.00	—	—
36.01–37.00	—	—
37.01–38.00	—	—
38.01–39.00	—	—
39.01–40.00	—	—
40.01 and over	—	—
Total	16,000	30,500
1992
0.01– 2.00	—	—
2.01– 3.00	500	—
3.01– 4.00	—	1,000
4.01– 5.00	500	1,500
5.01– 6.00	1,000	3,500
6.01– 7.00	1,000	5,000
7.01– 8.00	1,500	5,000
8.01– 9.00	1,000	6,500
9.01–10.00	2,000	5,500
10.01–11.00	1,500	5,000
11.01–12.00	1,000	4,500
12.01–13.00	1,000	3,000
13.01–14.00	1,000	2,000
14.01–15.00	500	1,500
15.01–16.00	500	1,000
16.01–17.00	500	—
17.01–18.00	500	—
18.01–19.00	—	500
19.01–20.00	500	500
20.01–21.00	—	500
21.01–22.00	—	500
22.01–23.00	—	500
23.01–24.00	—	—
24.01–25.00	—	—
25.01–26.00	—	—
26.01–27.00	—	—
27.01–28.00	—	—
28.01–29.00	—	—
29.01–30.00	—	—
30.01–31.00	—	—
31.01–32.00	—	—
32.01–33.00	—	—
33.01–34.00	—	—
34.01–35.00	—	—
35.01–36.00	—	—
36.01–37.00	—	—
37.01–38.00	—	—
38.01–39.00	—	—
39.01–40.00	—	—
40.01 and over	—	—
Total	15,000	47,500