§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people and what proportion of those over 60 years old in Scotland receive(a) income support, (b) housing benefit, (c) council tax benefit and (d) income from disability benefits. [43812]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information is set out in the table.
Benefit Number Proportion of population per cent. Income Support1 172,000 16.6 All Housing Benefit2 230,000 22.2 All Council Tax Benefit= 292,000 28.2 Income Support claimants receiving a disability related premium1,3 79,000 7.6 Housing Benefit recipients with income from disability benefits2,4 81,000 7.9 Council Tax Benefit recipients with income from disability benefits2,4 91,000 8.8 Attendance Allowance5 122,000 11.7 Disability Living Allowance5 83,000 8.0 War Disablement Pensioners6 25,000 2.4 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit7 12,000 1.1 Incapacity Benefit8 56,000 5.4 Severe Disablement Allowance8 6,000 0.6 1 Claimants as at November 1997. Number of claimants aged 60 or over is based on benefit units who receive a pensioner premium. It may therefore include some claimants who are under 60 years whose partner is aged 60 or over
2 Figures as at May 1996. The information refers to benefit units which may be a single person or a couple. The data do not include second adult rebate cases
3 Claimants with a disability premium are also included in the total of 172,000 IS claimants in Scotland aged 60 or over. Claimants with disability related premiums are claimants aged 60 to 79 with a Higher Pensioner Premium or claimants with Severe Disability Premium
4 Information for recipients with income from disability benefits refers to benefit units where there is either a disability premium or a higher pensioner premium in payment
478W5 Figures relate to November 1997
6 Figures as at February 1998
7 Figures as at April 1997
8 Recipients as at November 1997
Notes:
1. As at October 1997 there were only a negligible number of Disability Working Allowance recipients in Scotland aged 60 or over
2. Figures rounded to the nearest thousand
Sources:
1. Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry—a 5 per cent. sample
2. Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefit with income from disability benefits and Council Tax Benefit with income from disability benefits are from Housing Benefit Management Information System—a 1 per cent. sample with and without Income Support
3. Attendance Allowance, Disability Allowance figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample of data from the Analytical Services Division
4. War Disablement Pensioner figures are derived from a 5 per cent. sample from the War Pensions Computer System
5. Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit figures are based on a 10 per cent. sample of data from the Analytical Services Division which includes an adjustment for late statistical returns
6. Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance figures are taken from a 5 per cent. sample of the PSCS(INCAP) system which excludes a small number of cases held clerically
7. Population figures are from the Office of National Statistics as at June 1996
§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate her Department has made of the number of people of pensionable age in Scotland in each year to 2010. [43809]
§ Mr. DenhamThe information is set out in the table.
Projected numbers of people of pensionable age for Scotland 1998–010 000s Year Population estimate 1998 918 1999 920 2000 922 2001 923 2002 925 2003 930 2004 935 2005 938 2006 942 2007 956 2008 968 2009 980 2010 984 Notes:
1. The table is based on population projections for Scotland provided by the Government Actuary's Department based on population estimates for 1996
2. The estimates take account of the equalisation of State Pension Age from 2010
3. All figures are rounded to the nearest thousand
§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of people aged (i) 64 to 74 years and (ii) 75 years and over in Scotland live alone. [43813]
§ Mr. DenhamThe proportion of people aged 64 to 74 years and 75 years and over in Scotland who live alone is 32 per cent. and 55 per cent. respectively.
479WNotes:
1. The figures are based on information from the Family Resources Survey 1995–96.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 1 per cent.
3. Calculations for the number of people living alone are based on the number of people who report no other adults or children in their household. For this reason figures may be subject to misreporting.
4. The Family Resources Survey does not cover those pensioners who are in hospital or residential care and therefore these people are not included in the estimates.
§ Mr. GorrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentage of pensioners in Scotland currently receive the state retirement pension. [43814]
§ Mr. DenhamThe number and percentage of people above State pension age in Scotland currently receiving the State Retirement Pension is 863,500 and 94 per cent. respectively.
480WNotes:
1. The figures are based on information from the Pensions Strategy Computer System and from the Scottish Registrar's population estimates.
2. Figures for the number in receipt of State Retirement Pension are rounded to the nearest one hundred. Figures are rounded to the nearest 1 per cent.