§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for 1994–95, the number of employees for whom a recovery of statutory maternity pay was claimed by employers from the national insurance fund. [35656]
§ Mr. HealdThe Government Actuary's Department has estimated that the number of employees for whom a recovery of statutory maternity pay was claimed by employers in 1994–95 was 370,000.
Notes:1. Figure rounded to the nearest 10,000.2. Figures do not assume that all women will receive SMP for 18 weeks.
§ Mr. SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the effect on public revenues in a full year of allowing employers to recover fully the statutory sick pay that they pay. [35655]
§ Mr. HealdThe estimated extra benefit cost in 1996–97 is £880 million.
Note:1. Government Actuary's Department estimate, rounded to the nearest £5 million.
§ Mr. SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the number of female employees in the most recent available year who(a) received statutory maternity pay, (b) were excluded from entitlement to statutory maternity pay because of earnings below the lower earnings limit, and received maternity allowance instead, (c) were excluded from entitlement to SMP because they were abroad, and received maternity allowance instead, (d) were excluded from entitlement to SMP because they were in legal custody, and received maternity allowance instead, (e) received incapacity benefit during pregnancy and the period after confinement and (f) received no SMP, maternity allowance or incapacity benefit during pregnancy. [35646]
§ Mr. HealdThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is given in the table and relates to 1993–94, the latest year for which information is available.
1993–94 Estimated number of statutory maternity pay (SMP) recipients 1370,000 Maternity allowance awards to women excluded from SMP as earnings less than Lower Earnings Limit 23,300 Maternity allowance awards to women excluded from SMP as outside the European Economic Area 2Nil Maternity allowance awards to women excluded from SMP as in legal custody 2200 1 Government Actuary's Department estimate rounded to nearest 10,000, it does not assume that all women receive 18 weeks SMP. 2 Figures taken from 1 per cent, sample of maternity allowance claims made in Great Britain.
§ Mr. SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the number of employees who received statutory sick pay, giving a 137W breakdown by sex and age, for the most recent available year. [35644]
§ Mr. HealdThe information is not available in the format requested. Data on the number of payments made by employers in 1992–93 are shown in the table. These include figures for people who have received more than one payment.
Age Men Women Under 20 30,000 29,000 20 and up to 24 247,000 293,000 25 and up to 29 337,000 394,000 30 and up to 34 337,000 348,000 35 and up to 39 298,000 301,000 40 and up to 44 271,000 305,000 45 and up to 49 276,000 333,000 50 and up to 54 231,000 271,000 55 and up to 59 212,000 214,000 60 and up to 64 167,000 58,000 65 and over 40,000 2,000 Total 12,448,000 12,547,000 1. Totals do not sum due to rounding.
2. Figures are taken from a 1 per cent. sample of statutory sick pay payments made by employers in UK and rounded to the nearest 1,000.
§ Mr. SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate for the most recent available year(a) the amount of statutory sick pay paid to all employees, (b) the number of employees receiving statutory sick pay, (c) the number of employees who are not entitled to statutory sick pay because of low earnings, and who received incapacity benefit instead and (d) the number of employees who are not entitled to statutory sick pay because of low earnings who receive no other benefits during their period of illness. [35654]
§ Mr. HealdThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is for 1992–93 and is as follows:
The total value of statutory sick pay payments by employers was £814 million1.
The number of SSP payments made by employers was 4.8 million1. This figure includes people who may have received more than one payment in the year.
The number of people who claimed sickness benefit because their earnings were below the lower earnings limit for the payment of national insurance contributions was 38,0002.
Notes:1 Figures taken from a 1 per cent. sample of all payments made by employers in Great Britain.2 Figure taken from a 1 per cent. sample of all claims to sickness benefit in Great Britain.
§ Mr. SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the amounts recovered by employers for(a) statutory sick pay and (b) statutory maternity benefit; and what were amounts paid in (i) sickness benefit and (ii) maternity allowance in each year since 1980. [35645]
§ Mr. HealdThe available information is in the table.138W
£ million Year Statutory sick pay Statutory maternity pay Sickness benefit1 Maternity allowance 1980–81 — — 654 149 1981–82 — — 680 158 1982–83 — — 554 152 1983–84 500 — 265 141 1984–85 508 — 279 161 1985–86 545 — 276 164 1986–87 757 — 179 168 1987–88 840 193 193 51 1988–89 898 250 192 27 1989–90 949 286 204 30 1990–91 941 314 216 34 1991–92 781 408 274 31 1992–93 688 434 364 32 1993–94 659 416 365 33 1994–95 25 443 342 27 1995–96 25 453 — 32 1 Sickness benefit and invalidity benefit were replaced by incapacity benefit in April 1995. Outturn figures from 1980–81 to 1994–95, and estimated outturn figure for 1995–96.