§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many pensioner claimants of income support have savings of less than £3,000. [28896]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe information is not available in the format requested. The number of income support pensioner claimants who were recorded as having capital of up to and including £3,000 was 464,000 in May 1995, the latest date for which figures are available.
Source:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry: May 1995
Notes:
1. Pensioner claimants are defined as those in the pensioner statistical groups ie. where either the claimant or partner is aged 60 or over.
2. The figure has been rounded to the nearest thousand.
3. Some claimants with savings of less than £3,000 may not be recorded as these amounts do not affect the assessment of benefits.
§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the cost of administering income support for pensioners; and what this figure is expressed as a percentage of income support paid to pensioners. [28897]