§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing the number and percentage of severe disablement allowance recipients who are in receipt of other income by source and average amount of such other income.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is not available in the form requested. The latest available information is in the table.
ICA Expenditure4 3£ million 1978–79 4 1979–80 4 1980–81 5 1981–82 6 1982–83 8 1983–84 10 1984–85 11 1985–86 13 1986–87 104 1987–88 184 1988–89 173 1989–90 184 1990–91 208 1991–92 285 1992–93 366
Income support beneficiaries with carer premium Numbers 1991 2228,000 1992 262,000 1993 385,000
Carer premium average weekly expenditure £ million 1991 0–3 1992 0–7 1993 1–0 1 Invalid care allowance unit 100 per cent, count. Allowances current at a point in time between mid-December and mid-January. ICA was 743W extended to include married women with effect from 22 December 1984.
2 Income support statistics annual inquiries, May 1991–92—1 per cent. sample.
3Income support statistics quarterly inquiry, May 1993–5 per cent. sample. Figures rounded to the nearest thousand. Carer premium introduced October 1990.
4Departmental report.