§ Mr. TruswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the cost will be in each of the next five years of providing the £100 payment announced in the Budget Statement to pensioners aged 70 years and over to assist with council tax; and what the cost would be in each of those years if the payment were to be made to all those aged 65 years and over; [164229]
(2) if he will make a statement on (a) how and (b) when the £100 payment announced in the Budget Statement to pensioners to assist with council tax will be made.[164230]
§ Malcolm WicksWe are looking at the most cost-effective and efficient way to deliver payments.
It is intended that a single one-off payment is made in 2004–05. However, the costs of providing a £100 payment to all households containing a person aged 70 or over and to all households containing a person aged 65 or over in each of the next five years are shown in the table.
£ million Household aged 70+ Household aged 65+ 2004–05 430 660 2005–06 430 640 2006–07 430 630 2007–08 440 620 2008–09 460 620 Notes:
- 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10 million and are given in 2004–05 prices.
- 2. Figures for 65+ households include the cost of 70+ households.
- 3. Figures exclude cases in residential care or nursing homes.
- 4. It is assumed that the £100 is not increased in line with prices.
Source:
Estimate based on DWP administrative data and 2002 based population forecasts from the government actuary's department.
§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of pensioners in Scotland who will receive the £100 payment to help with council tax bills, broken down by(a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area. [164471]
§ Malcolm WicksThe latest available data showing households in Scotland with at least one occupant aged 70 or over broken down by(a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area are in the tables. We expect the 2004–05 figures to be similar.
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Households in Scotland with at least one occupant aged 70 or over by parliamentary constituency Parliamentary Constituency Number of households Aberdeen Central 5,320 Aberdeen North 4,995 Aberdeen South 6,665 Airdrie and Shotts 5,380 Angus 6,850 Argyll and Bute 5,715 Ayr 7,430 Banff and Buchan 6,055 Caithness Sunderland and Easter Ross 4,605
Households in Scotland with at least one occupant aged 70 or over by parliamentary constituency Parliamentary constituency Number of households Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley 7,360 Central Fife 5,990 Clydebank and Milngavie 6,165 Clydesdale 6,515 Coatbridge and Chryston 5,025 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 3,790 Cunninghame North 6,505 Cunninghame South 4,590 Dumbarton 5,295 Dumfries 7,585 Dundee East 6,195 Dundee West 5,810 Dunfermline East 5,705 Dunfermline West 5,095 East Kilbride 6,605 East Lothian 6,850 Eastwood 6,995 Edinburgh Central 4,510 Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 6,500 Edinburgh North and Leigh 4,370 Edinburgh Pentlands 5,715 Edinburgh South 5,645 Edinburgh West 7,285 Falkirk East 5,915 Falkirk West 5,715 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 7,015 Glasgow Anniesland 5,380 Glasgow Baillieston 3,915 Glasgow Cathcart 3,715 Glasgow Govan 2,665 Glasgow Kelvin 2,690 Glasgow Maryhill 3,190 Glasgow Pollok 4,750 Glasgow Rutherglen 4,905 Glasgow Shettleston 2,935 Glasgow Springburn 3,760 Gordon 5,785 Greenock and Inverclyde 4,395 Hamilton North and Bellshill 4,920 Hamilton South 4,240 Inverness East Nairn and Lochaber 7,195 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 6,635 Kirkcaldy 6,345 Linlithgow 5,025 Livingston 4,205 Midlothian 5,075 Moray 6,690 Motherwell and Wishaw 6,105 North East Fife 7,075 North Tayside 7,860 Ochil 5,635 Orkney and Shetland 3,205 Paisley North 4,355 Paisley South 5,180 Perth 7,255 Ross Skye and Inverness West 5,960 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 5,615 Stirling 5,730 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 6,465 Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale 5,710 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 5,530 Western Renfrewshire 4,345 Western Isles 2,605 Scotland 394,820 Notes:
- 1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest five.
- 2. Any residence found to have four or more occupants is not included in these figures as it is assumed to be Residentaial Care Nursing Home.
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1494WIAD Information Centre, WFP data Winter 2002–03 100 per cent. Sample.
Households in Scotland with at least one occupant aged 70 or over by local authority Local authority Number of households Aberdeenshire 16,650 Angus 10,065 Argyll and Bute 7,635 City of Aberdeen 16,980 City of Dundee 12,015 City of Edinburgh 32,540 City of Glasgow 33,515 Clackmannanshire 3,790 Dumfries and Galloway 14,600 East Ayrshire 10,105 East Dumbartonshire 8,815 East Lothian 8,340 East Renfrewshire 6,995 Falkirk 11,630 Fife 30,215 Highland 17,760 Inverclyde 5,900 Midlothian 6,205 Moray 7,415 North Ayrshire 11,090 North Lanarkshire 23,295 Orkney Islands 1,705 Perthshire and Kinross 12,660 Renfrewshire 12,375 Scottish Borders 10,195 Shetland Isles 1,500 South Ayrshire 11,320 South Lanarkshire 23,405 Stirling 6,810 West Dumbartonshire 7,460 West Lothian 9,225 Western Isles 2,605 Scotland 394,820 Source
IAD Information Centre, WFP data Winter 2002–2003 100 percent. sample.