§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the cost of extra-statutory payments by the Benefits Agency in each month since January 1995. [14015]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyDetails of the monthly expenditure on extra-statutory payments by the Benefits Agency are only held from the commencement of the 1995–96 year. Although individual monthly figures are not available for the period 1 January 1995 to 31 March 1995 the annual amount paid has been included in the table.
£ Month 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 April — 99,077 122,914 147,127 May — 43,653 105,639 78,014 June — 107,177 108,344 213,604 July — 102,524 93,091 85,446 August — 214,774 34,712 128,483 September — 145,624 123,952 161,525 October — 165,141 130,223 — November — 153,595 84,487 — December — 153,578 35,953 — January — 139,551 87,633 — February — 93,182 91,286 — March — 79,263 101,250 — Totals 955,329 1,497,139 1,119,484 814,199 Special exercise — — 12,650,063 — Grand totals 955,329 1,497,139 3,769,547 814,199 1 Payments made to the Dorset Trust Housing Association due to loss of benefit following incorrect advice given by the Benefits Agency.