§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many carers for elderly and disabled people, who have been in receipt of or who have underlying entitlement to invalid care allowance and home responsibilities protection, he estimates will benefit from the state second pension in each of the 10 years from the start of the state second pension. [103071]
§ Mr. BayleyIt is estimated that in the region of 400,000 carers for elderly or disabled people, who have been in receipt of, or have underlying entitlement to, Invalid Care Allowance or home responsibilities protection will build up entitlement to the State Second Pension from the year of its introduction.
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§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the costs of providing the state second pension to carers who have been in receipt of or who have underlying entitlement to invalid care allowance or home responsibilities protection in the first 10 years of the state second pension. [103072]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is in the table:
The estimated costs of providing state second pension to carers who have been in receipt of or who have underlying entitlement to, invalid care allowance or home responsibilities protection in the first 10 years of the scheme Year £ million 2002–03 0 2003–04 1 2004–05 2 2005–06 4 2006–07 8 2007–08 12 2008–09 16 2009–10 22 2010–11 26 2011–12 30 Notes:
- 1. Gross costs are shown in £ million (rounded to nearest million) in 1999–2000 price terms but are unlikely to be accurate to this degree.
- 2. State Second Pension is assumed to start in 2002.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much it would cost to backdate the state second pension to 1978 for qualifying carers who reach retirement age after 2002–03. [103118]
§ Mr. RookerRecords are not available to identify all individuals with a period of actual or underlying entitlement to Invalid Care Allowance or Home Responsibilities Protection back to 1978.