HC Deb 25 April 1995 vol 258 cc447-8W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each agency and the central Department for which he is responsible(a) the total amount of removal costs and associated expenses reimbursed to officials who were required to relocate as part of their employment, (b) the amount of each of the highest three claims that were concluded and settled and (c) the average amount of each claim in each of the last three years. [19651]

Mr. Hague

Available information is in the table. Further information is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Housing benefit recipients for each local authority in Northamptonshire—1998to1994
Local authority name November 1988 November 1989 November 1990 November 1991 November 1992 November 1993 November 1994
Corby 3,700 3,600 3,900 4,600 4,900 5,100 5,200
Daventry 2,300 2,200 2,400 2,600 2,800 3,000 2,800
East Northampton 2,600 2,600 2,800 2,900 3,300 3,500 3,600
Kettering 3,600 3,600 3,700 4,200 4,400 4,500 4,700
Northampton 9,900 10,100 11,000 11,700 12,400 13,400 13,800
South Northants 2,200 2,400 2,300 2,500 2,600 2,600 2,700
Wellingborough 3,900 3,900 3,900 4,400 4,700 4,800 4,900

Source:

Housing Benefit Management Information System. 100 per cent. quarterly case load stock count inquiries, taken at the end of November in each year given.

£000
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95
DSS Headquarters 4,870 329 341
Benefits Agency 1,565 2,676 1,828
Contributions Agency 281 324 279
Information Technology Services Agency 797 779 885
Child Support Agency 243 834 437
Resettlement Agency nil nil nil
War Pensions Agency 20
Total 17,755 4,942 13,802
1 Total difference due to rounding.

The information to reply to parts (b) and (c) is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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