§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of applications for invalid care allowance from married or cohabiting women has been rejected.
§ Mr. ScottAt 16 October 1986, 131,300 claims to invalid care allowance had been received from married or cohabiting women. The independent adjudicating authorities have decided that the conditions of entitlement to an allowance are not satisfied in about 14 per cent. (18,000) of these claims.
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications from married and cohabiting women for invalid care allowance had been received by 31 August.
§ Mr. ScottAt 31 August about 126,000 claims for invalid care allowance had been received from married or cohabiting women.
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of applications for invalid care allowance is rejected.
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services by what percentage the limit on earnings for recipients of invalid care allowance without abating that allowance has risen since November 1982; and by what percentage (a) the retail prices index and (b) the average earnings index has increased over the same period.
§ Mr. ScottThe weekly earnings limit governing entitlement to invalid care allowance has not changed since it was doubled from £6 to £12 in November 1982. In the period November 1982 to August 1987, the latest date for which information is available, the retail price index rose by 24 per cent.; in the same period the average earnings of manual and non-manual workers in all industries and services rose by 42 per cent.
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claims for invalid care allowance from 193W married and cohabiting women have been abated due to receipt of (a) supplementary benefit, (b) other benefits and allowances and (c) retirement pension.
§ Mr. ScottI regret that the requested information is not available. Since June 1986, when the allowance was extended to married and cohabiting women, payments to some 568 women have been reduced on account of the payment of other social security benefits, including supplementary benefit and retirement pension.
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many applications for invalid care allowance from married or cohabiting women have been outstanding for (a) six months or less, (b) six to 12 months and (c) over 12 months; and how many of each category relate to women in Wales.
§ Mr. ScottI regret that the requested information is not available, but at 16 October some 131,300 invalid care allowance claims had been received from married and cohabiting women of which about 17,900 were awaiting decision. The average time taken to process an invalid care allowance claim is currently about 11.5 weeks.
§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many outstanding claims for invalid care allowance there are.
§ Mr. ScottAt 16 October, some 26,300 invalid care allowance claims were awaiting a decision.
Dundee East Local Office Dundee West Local Office Year Supplementary benefit recipients Supplementary Pension recipients Supplementary benefit recipients Supplementary Pension recipients 1979 8,638 3,579 7,690 3,969 1980 8,880 3,421 7,694 3,859 1981 9,761 3,409 8,365 3,791 1982 10,909 3,192 9,870 3,805 1983 11,309 2,766 10,425 3,600 1984 12,664 3,013 10,937 3,676 1985 13,245 2,697 11,365 3,538 1986 13,019 2,683 11,204 3,278 1987 12,626 2,825 11,330 3,325 The count of cases in action includes some cases where benefit has ceased to be paid but other action is proceeding.
No information is available concerning the number of people claiming family income supplement.
Housing Benefit Recipients in the City of Dundee Number 1979–80 112,850 1980–81 113,425 1981–82 115,516 1982–83 116,347 1983–84 22,890 1984–85 23,999 1985–86 23,353 1986–87 223,170 1987–88 223,164