HC Deb 16 July 1999 vol 335 cc346-9W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 12 July 1999,Official Report, column 61, on compensation payments, if he will provide similar information on compensation payments for each of the last five years; and if he will list for each of the categories of compensation the total amount paid in each of those years and in 1998–99. [91650]

Mr. Timms

The information is not available in the format requested. Detailed central records are kept of the date that payments are authorised, as opposed to when payment was made. This information is summarised in the tables.

Child Support Agency
Extra-statutory1 Actual financial loss Loss of statutory entitlement1
Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid
1995–96 0 0 664 174,000 n/a n/a
1996–97 394 278,000 551 363,000 n/a n/a
1997–98 194 136,000 750 678,000 n/a n/a
1998–99 170 218,000 4,264 3,261,000 n/a n/a
Compensation for Delay Consolatory2
Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Total payments Total amounts paid4
1993–94 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0
1994–95 0 0 n/a n/a 35 4,000
1995–96 0 0 n/a n/a 664 174,000
1996–97 34 4,000 21 2,000 1,000 647,000
1997–98 302 45,000 350 72,000 1,596 931,000
1998–99 1,144 343,000 4,235 565,000 9,813 4,387,000
Contributions Agency
Extra-statutory1 Actual financial loss Loss of statutory entitlement1
Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid
1993–94 91 4,000 13 9,000
1994–95 126 5,000 15 10,000
1995–96 154 13,000 13 105,000
1996–97 271 40,000 6 2,000
1997–98 0 0 406 58,000 0 0
1998–99 1 1,000 653 223,000 1 under 1K
Compensation for Delay Consolatory2
Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Total payments Total amounts paid
1993–94 7 6,000 n/a n/a 111 18,000
1994–95 397 226,000 n/a n/a 538 241,000
1995–96 474 921,000 n/a n/a 641 1,040,000
1996–97 733 461,000 1 under 1K 1,011 503,000
1997–98 560 302,000 21 7,000 987 367,000
1998–99 2,635 111,000 95 16,000 3,385 351,000
War Pensions Agency5
Extra-statutory1 Actual financial loss Loss of statutory entitlement1
Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid
1993–94 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1994–95 1 under 1K 1 2,000
1995–96 8 5,000 0 0
1996–97 19 1,000 731 87,000
1997–98 1,477 99,000 5 1,000 2 3,000
1998–99 1,210 69.000 8 19,000 2 4,000
Compensation for Delay Consolatory2
Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Total payments Total amounts paid
1993–94 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
1994–95 12 82,000 n/a n/a 14 84,000
1995–96 6 15,000 n/a n/a 14 20,000
1996–97 11 20,000 0 0 761 108,000
1997–98 74 14,000 1 under 1K 1,559 117,000
1998–99 191 55,000 3 under 1K 1,414 147,000
Independent Tribunal Service
Extra-statutory Actual financial loss Loss of statutory entitlement
Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid
1993–94 n/a n/a 0 0 n/a n/a
1994–95 n/a n/a 0 0 n/a n/a
Independent Tribunal Service
Extra-statutory Actual financial loss Loss of statutory entitlement
Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid
1995–96 n/a n/a 0 0 n/a n/a
1996–97 n/a n/a 0 0 n/a n/a
1997–98 n/a n/a 1 1,000 n/a n/a
1998–99 n/a n/a 21 10,000 n/a n/a
Compensation for Delay Consolatory2
Financial year Number of payments Amount paid Number of payments Amount paid Total payments Total amounts paid
1993–94 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0
1994–95 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0
1995–96 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0
1996–97 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997–98 0 0 3 1,000 4 2,000
1998–99 2 under 1K 12 2,000 35 13,000
1 Prior to 1997–98 figures for extra-statutory payments and payments for loss of statutory entitlement were not kept separately.
2 New categories of consolatory payments were introduced in January 1997.
3 In 1993–94 there were 182 payments to war pensioners totalling £21,140 where the reason for the payment is not available.
4 In 1997–98 there were 121 other payments totalling £76,729 where the reason for the payment is not available.
5 The War Pensions agency was launched in April 1994

Note:

Payments are rounded to the nearest thousand