§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claims for state welfare benefits and pensions falling under the responsibility of his Department and its executive agencies were being(a) paid and (b) processed at 31 July 1996. [11296]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Benefit and pensions in payment and awaiting processing at 31 July 1996 Benefit pension Claims in payment Claims outstanding awaiting processing Attendance Allowance 1,280,932 33,127 Child Benefit 16,968,700 12,888 Child's Special Allowance 255 Not applicable Council Tax Benefit3 5,661,000 160,000 Disability Living Allowance 1,764,895 65,853 Disability Working Allowance 9,848 1,176 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 4237,208 30,157 Family Credit 678,648 45,314 Guardians Allowance 52,147 57 Housing Benefit1 4,779,000 170,000 Incapacity Benefit 1,945,480 26,773 Income Support 63,988,964 72,490 Industrial Death Benefit 720,035 Not available Invalid Care Allowance 344,041 4,521 Maternity Allowance 19,688 3,008 One Parent Benefit 1993,500 3,761 Retirement Pension 89,722,000 40,544 Severe Disablement Allowance 359,929 23,981 Unemployment Benefit 9398,000 Not available War Disablement Pensions 10267,167 39,614 War Widows Pension 59,578 1,224 Widows Benefit 8290,740 2,720 1 As at 31 December 1995. Based on 1 per cent sample. 2 As at 31 December 1995. This allowance was withdrawn in 1987. 3 Figures relating to claims in payment are taken from the Quarterly 100 per cent. count taken on the last day of May 1996 (rounded to the nearest thousand). Figures relating to claims outstanding awaiting processing are taken from the Annual Administrative Return 1994–95 and relate to number of claims outstanding as at 28 February 1995 (rounded to the nearest ten thousand). Figures for Council Tax Benefit include second adult rebate cases. 4 As at 1 April 1995 Figures are collected for the number of assessments, a recipient may have more than one assessment. 5 As at 6 January 1996. 6As at 31 May 1996. 7 As at 31 December 1995 and is an estimated figure. 8 As at 31 March 1996. Based on a 5 per cent scan of the Retirement Pension Computer System. 9 As at 9 May 1996. Based on a 5 per cent. sample. 10 Includes request for review. 1. For the benefits and pensions being processed at 31 July data have been provided for the claims outstanding.
2. The Department publishes statistical information annually. Not all statistics are collected monthly.
3. Data on the number of Income Support, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit recipients are collected quarterly at the end of February, May, August and November. Similarly Unemployment Benefit statistics were collected quarterly.
4. Figures for Retirement Pension and Widows Benefit recipients are collected twice a year at the end of March and the end of September. Figures for Industrial Disablement Benefits, are collected annually at the end of March. Child Benefit, One Parent Benefit, Guardians Allowance and Child's Special Allowance are collected annually at the end of December.
5. Data are provisional and subject to amendment.