§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people are in receipt of attendance allowance, mobility allowance and invalid care allowance in(a) the Kirklees district and (b) England and Wales.
§ Mr. ScottThe numbers of people receiving each benefit in Kirklees district could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The latest available information about people receiving these benefits in England and Wales is in the table:
Number Attendance Allowance (as at 31 March 1989) 1695,000 Mobility Allowance as at 15 November 1990) 539,000 Invalid Care Allowance (Scotland, England and Wales)2 (as at 31 October 1990) 132,000 1 Statistical estimate. 2 Separate figures for England and Wales are not available.
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide details for the Kirklees132W metropolitan district of the number of people currently, most recent figures, in receipt of each of the following benefits: (a) attendance allowance, (b) mobility allowance and (c) invalid care allowance, and an estimate of what level of take-up the above figures represent in terms of entitlement to benefit for the Kirklees district.
§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list all forms of benefit that can be obtained through his Department; when each form of benefit was first introduced; and whether each form of benefit was introduced as an entirely new benefit or whether it superseded earlier benefit payments.
§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard[holding answer 15 November 1990]: The information requested is in the table. The dates given are those of introduction of the benefit in its original form and it should be noted that many have since been modified.
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Benefit Introduced Superseded Attendance Allowance December 71 New Child Benefit April 77 Family Allowance Christmas Bonus December 72 New Community Charge Benefit1 April 90 Rate Rebate (England and Wales) Community Charge Rebate (Scotland) Constant Attendance Allowance July 48 New Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance July 48 New Family Credit April 88 Family Income Supplement Guardians Allowance July 48 Orphan's Pension Housing Benefit—1 Rent Rebates November 82— April 83 Local Authorities local schemes and supplementary benefit provision Rent Allowance as above as above Income Support April 88 Supplementary Benefit Industrial Death Benefit2 July 48 New Industrial Disablement Benefit July 48 New Invalid Care Allowance July 76 New Invalidity Benefit September 71 New Maternity Allowance3 July 48 New Mobility Allowance January 76 New One Parent Benefit4 April 77 Child Interim Benefit Pneumoconiosis, byssinosis and miscellaneous diseases benefit5 March 52 New Reduced Earnings Allowance October 86 Special Hardship Allowance Remission of certain NHS charges and payment of travelling expenses to hospital for NHS treatment on income grounds6 April 88 Replaced a similar scheme but with changes in the basis of assessment and with centralized administration Retirement Allowance April 88 Reduced Earnings Allowance for those of pension age who retired Retirement Pension— Category A and B July 48 New Category C July 70 New Category D July 71 New Age addition July 71 New Graduated retirement benefit7 July 61 New
Benefit Introduced Superseded Additional pension (SERPS), payable also with widow's benefits (except Widow's Payment) April 79 New Severe Disablement Allowance November 84 Non Contributory Invalidity Pension (NCIP) Sickness Benefit3 July 48 New Social Fund— Funeral Payments April 87 Supplementary Benefit Single Payment Maternity Payments April 87 as above Community Care Grants April 88 New Budgeting Loans April 88 Supplementary Benefit Single Payments Crisis Loans April 88 Supplementary Benefit Urgent payments Cold Weather Payments November 88 Exceptionally Severe Weather Payments Travel Grants, Settlement or Resettlement Loans September 90 New Statutory Maternity Pay 8 April 87 Maternity allowance for most employed women. Statutory Sick Pay 8 April 83 Sickness benefit for most employed people Unemployment Benefit 9 1911 New Vaccine damage payments 10 March 79 New War Disablement Pension February 17 New War Widow's Pension February 17 New Widow's Pension July 48 New Widow's Payment April 88 Widow's allowance Widowed Mother's Allowance July 48 New Workmen's Compensation Supplement July 51 New Notes:
1 Paid and administered by local authorities on behalf of the Department of Social Security (DSS).
2 Not payable in respect of deaths on or after 11 April 1988.
3 Superseded benefits payable under the various National Health Insurance Acts.
4 Named Child Benefit Increase prior to 1 April 1981.
5 Miscellaneous diseases first included in November 1954.
6 Administered by DSS on behalf of the Department of Health.
7 Payable only to people with accrued rights derived from payments to the graduated pension scheme from 1961 to 1975.
8 Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Allowance are administered and paid by employers. Sickness benefit and Maternity Allowance are still available for those who do not qualify.
9 Paid and administered by the Department of Employment.
10 Paid via the Department of Health until 1982 when responsibility passed to DSS.