§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average payment per week of 473W (a) Family Credit and (b) child care allowance via Family Credit in Southwark in the last year of Family Credit. [114839]
§ Angela EagleIt is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the average Family Credit award at a local authority level. However, for Great Britain as a whole, the average amount of Family Credit received was £62.05 at August 1999 and, for the London Government Office Region, the average amount of Family Credit received at August 1999 was £66.16.
Within Family Credit, eligible child care is treated as a disregard and can be offset against earnings when Family Credit is calculated. Due to the relatively small numbers, it is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the amount of child care disregard either by local authority or by region. However, for Great Britain as a whole, the average amount that recipients benefited from the child care disregard was £22.04 at August 1999.
Notes:
1. Average weekly payment figures are based on an average of four quarters of November 1998 to August 1999.
2. Numbers are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.
3. Family Credit was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999.
4. The amount of Family Credit quoted represents the average amount for all Family Credit recipients—including those with the child care disregard.
Source:
Family Credit 5 per cent. sample of awards.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Southwark were in receipt of(a) family credit and (b) the child care allowance in each of the last five years. [114835]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the tables.
Number of Family Credit recipients in Southwark local authority area, August 1995–99 Thousand Year Family Credit recipients August 1995 1.6 1996 2.0 1997 2.1 1998 2.5 1999 2.6 Notes:
1. Caseload figures are taken at a point in time for which the month is August.
2. Sample size is 5 per cent. As the numbers are based on a relatively small number of sample cases the estimates are subject to a high degree of sampling error i.e. for an estimate of 2,000 the true value will lie somewhere in the range 1,628 to 2,382.
3. Family Credit was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999.
4. Local authorities are assigned by matching the postcode against the 1999 version 1 of the postcode directory.
5. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands.
Source:
Family Credit 5 per cent. sample of awards
474W
Family Credit recipients benefiting from the child care disregard, London Government Office Region August 1995–99 Thousand Year August 1995 2.0 1996 2.7 1997 3.1 1998 3.7 1999 4.8 Notes:
1. Caseload figures are taken at a point in time for which the month is August.
2. Numbers are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.
3. Family Credit was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999.
4. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands.