§ Mr. Terry Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total number of supplementary benefit claimants awarded an additional requirement for domestic assistance; and what were the average amounts paid in each of the years 1980 to 1986 inclusive, for (a) residential assistance and (b) other cases.
§ Mr. MajorThe available information, which does not differentiate between residential assistance and other cases, is as follows:398W
Total number of domestic assistance additions (thousands) Average weekly amount (1)£ 1980 4 1.37 1981 5 2.51 1982 4 3.83 1983 2 3.59 (2) 1984 3 3.92 Notes
(1) These amounts do not take account of the effect of the available scale margin in relevant cases so that the average amount of benefit actually received could be somewhat lower than shown.
(2) Latest available date.
SourceAnnual statistical inquiries.
Mr. TerryLewis asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total number of supplementary benefit claimants awarded an additional requirement for attendance needs; and what was the average amount paid in each of the years 1980 to 1986, inclusive.
§ Mr. MajorThe number of cases in the statistical sample is too small to provide a reliable estimate of the number of claimants with additional requirements for attendance needs or average amounts. Indications are, however, that for each year 1980 to 1984, the latest year for which information is available, there were fewer than 1,500 claimants. Payments cannot exceed the lower rate of attendance allowance.
§ Mr. Wareingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he will be in a position to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby of 9 December 1986 and 15 January in respect of recent changes in supplementary benefit single payments.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people in Slough are currently in receipt of (a) supplementary benefit, (b) sickness benefit,(c) housing benefit and (d) maternity benefit, respectively.
§ Mr. LyellThe table gives the latest available figures of the number of people receiving(a) supplementary benefit, (b) sickness benefit and (c) maternity allowance from the Department's local office at Slough:
Number (a) Supplementary benefit 12,908 (b) Sickness/invalidity benefit 2,374 (c) Maternity allowance 690 Source:
(a) 100 per cent. count of cases in action on 10 December 1986.
(b) and (c) 100 per cent. count of cases in action on 13 January 1987.
The estimated number of people who were in receipt of housing benefit in the Slough borough council area at April 1986—the latest available information—was 9,469.