§ Mr. Webb:To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of Child Support Agency parents with care were in receipt of (a) income-based jobseeker's allowance and income support and (b) working families tax credit in each of the last six years. [141528]
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§ Mr. Pond:The information is in the table.
Benefit status of Parent/Person with Care Income Support JSA(IB) Family Credit WFTC February Total Thousands % Thousands % Thousands % Thousands % 1998 662.0 300.0 45.3 8.2 1.2 128.6 19.4 — — 1999 826.8 356.8 43.2 9.6 1.2 171.2 20.7 — — 2000 946.3 385.2 40.7 13.1 1.4 26.5 2.8 192.0 20.3 2001 998.5 393.3 39.4 10.8 1.1 — — 244.6 24.5 2002 1,031.8 383.0 37.1 9.2 0.9 — — 261.8 25.4 2003 957.4 355.6 37.1 6.9 0.7 — — 278.4 29.1 Notes:
All data taken from the published Quarterly Summary Statistics for the Child Support Agency.
The figures are based on a 5 per cent. scan of CSCS and therefore may be subject to sampling variation.
PWC benefit status derived using data on the IS, JSA and Family Credit/WFTC computer systems.
The figures are for cases with a full maintenance assessment.
5. The figures are for the February quarter because this is the latest point for consistent CSA data and data for WFTC.