HC Deb 29 January 2002 vol 379 c256W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will provide a breakdown of the costs of the publicity campaign for the minimum income guarantee. [18991]

Mr. McCartney

The Government's MIG take-up campaign has so far resulted in more than 127,000 successful claims with newly eligible pensioner households gaining on average an extra £20 per week. Advertising and media costs of the campaign have amounted to £4.015 million.

Mr. Reed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners he estimates are eligible to claim the MIG in Loughborough; and how many claim. [30384]

Mr. McCartney

As at August 2001 there were 2,000 minimum income guarantee (MIG) claimants in the Loughborough constituency. Estimates of the numbers of people who may be eligible for, but who have not claimed the MIG, are not available below national level.

Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate how many of the single pensioners who have failed to take up their entitlement to the minimum income guarantee are(a) male and (b) female. [31274]

Mr. McCartney

Estimates of take-up for the minimum income guarantee (MIG) by single male and single female pensioners were published in "Income Related Benefits—Estimates of Take Up in 1999/2000", a copy of which is held in the House of Commons Library.

Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Kirklees claim the minimum income guarantee. [26250]

Mr. McCartney

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.

As at August 2001, there were 12,400 customers in receipt of the minimum income guarantee in Kirklees.