§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportions of all children are in households claiming(a) income support, (b) family credit and (c) housing benefit; and what proportion of (i) single parents and (ii) unemployed drawing income support or housing benefit have mortgages. [20391]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe available information is set out in the tables. Figures are not available for housing benefit recipients with mortgages. Housing benefit is not payable for mortgage interest. Although there are a small number of cases where both housing benefit and mortgage interest are in payment, it is not possible to identify these cases separately.
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Children in households receiving benefit1 Benefit Number (000) As a percentage of all children in Great Britain Income Support 2,980 25.8 Family Credit 1,086 9.4 Housing Benefit 2,238 19.4 1 Children can be in households receiving more than one benefit so figures cannot be totalled. For example, in May 1993 2,053 thousand children were in households in receipt of Housing Benefit, Income Support and/or Family Credit.
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand and to one decimal place.
2. Children have been defined as dependents under the age of 16.
Source:
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys Mid 1993 estimates.
Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry Mid 1994.
Family Credit Statistics Quarterly Enquiry July 1994.
Housing Benefit Management Information Statistics annual 1 per cent. sample May 1993.
Income Support claimants with mortgage interest included in the assessment Client Group Number (000) As a percentage of all claimants with mortgage interest included in the assessment Single parents 120 22.7 Unemployed 195 36.9 Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand and to one decimal place.
2. Children have been defined as dependents under the age of 16.
Source:
Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys Mid 1993 estimates.
Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry Mid 1994.
Family Credit Statistics Quarterly Enquiry July 1994.
Housing Benefit Management Information Statistics annual 1 per cent. sample May 1993.