§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people received(a) tax credits and (b) means-tested benefits in the constituency of Portsmouth, South in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [21218]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe latest available information for Portsmouth, South is in the following table:
Recipients of (a) tax credits and (b) certain income related benefits in the Portsmouth, South constituency—May 2001 Number Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) 2,100 Disabled Person's Tax Credit (DPTC) 24 Income Support (IS) 7,600 Jobseeker's Allowance (income based)(JSA) 1,300 Total 11,000 Notes:
1. Apart from DPTC, the figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample. They are subject to sampling error and therefore shown to the nearest hundred.
2. Recipients of WFTC or DPTC who also receive IS or JSA are included only in the first two columns. This eliminates doubling counting in the total.
3. DPTC figure is for April.
Sources:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries May 2001
Jobseeker's Allowance Quarterly Statistical Enquiries May 2001
Working Families Tax Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiry May 2001
Disabled Person's Tax Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiry April 2001
Housing benefit and council tax benefit figures are not available for the Portsmouth, South constituency but are available for the Portsmouth local authority.
Recipients of housing benefit and council tax benefit in Portsmouth—May 2001 Number Housing benefit 15,900 Council tax benefit 13,710 Notes:
1. The data refer to benefit units, which can be single persons or couples.
2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest ten.
3. Housing benefit figures exclude any Extended Payment cases.
4. Council tax benefit totals exclude any Second Adult Rebate cases.
Source:
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent. caseload stock