§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many arrangements(a) are and (b) were in each of the last five years in place to deduct gas and electricity payments from Income Support and income-based Jobseeker's Allowance; and if he will make a statement. [147813]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the tables.
Deductions from Income Support for gas and electricity, August 1996 to August 2000 Thousand Year All cases Gas only Electricity and gas 1996 168.4 27.0 121.1 20.2 1997 137.6 23.7 98.1 15.8 1998 99.2 20.2 67.7 11.4 1999 71.9 18.9 44.7 8.3 2000 60.4 17.0 35.8 7.6
Deductions from income-based Jobseeker's Allowance for gas and electricity, August 1997 to August 2000 Thousand Year All cases Electric Only Gas only Electricity and gas 1997 15.4 3.0 11.1 1.4 1998 10.3 2.7 6.7 1.0 1999 5.6 1.8 3.4 0.5 2000 3.5 1.2 2.1 0.2 Notes:
1.Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample records, taken at August each year, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.
2.Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and shown in thousands.
3.Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance replaced Income Support for the unemployed in October 1996.
Source:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, August 1996 to August 2000.
Jobseeker's Allowance Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, August 1997 to August 2000