HC Deb 01 March 1995 vol 255 cc621-2W
Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether income support is payable to asylum seekers whose application for asylum has been rejected.

Mr. Roger Evans

When an asylum seeker's claim has been either finally refused or abandoned, entitlement to income support ends.

Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema (PD D12) by Area Directorate
Area Claims Awards1
Greater Manchester 329 32
Lancashire and Cumbria 2,297 151
Merseyside 509 49
Midlands South West 658 56
Wales 9,625 1,375
West Mercia 3,728 384
Scotland and North
East Scotland 2,411 95
Glasgow 244 8
North and West Yorkshire 2,730 425
North, Central and West Scotland 1,908 60
South Yorkshire and Humberside 6,627 790
Tyne Tees 7,227 603
Totals 44,802 4,720

Notes:

1. Based on 100 per cent. count and subject to amendment.

2. Not all claims received by 31 December will have been decided.

1 Awards are where industrial injuries disablement has been awarded at 14 per cent. or more (does not include aggregate awards).

Mr. Bradley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the savings to his Department referred to in his answer of 21 July 1994,Official Report, column 621, resulting from each of the changes in the eligibility conditions for benefits under the industrial injuries scheme including (a) the amount of savings for each change by year, (b) the cumulative savings to date and (c) the amount of savings for each year and cumulatively at 1994–95 prices.

Mr. Hague

[holding answer 15 February 1995]: Information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his latest estimate of the amount of income support paid to(a) those seeking asylum and (b) those granted asylum.

Mr. Roger Evans

In February 1994, there were 41,960 asylum seekers in receipt of income support at an estimated annual cost of about £79 million. People who have been granted asylum as refugees are not separately identified within the income support scheme.