§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing how many people are now in receipt of(a) full community charge benefit and (b) partial community charge benefit in the light of the £140 reduction in headline poll tax, also giving these figures as a percentage of the total number of poll tax payers for (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) Scotland; and if he will make a statement on his estimates of the number of people who are eligible but are not claiming community charge benefit for all poll tax payers and for all those aged under 25 years.
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§ Miss WiddecombeThe latest available estimates are as follows:
Number of community charge benefit recipients, 1991–92 (also expressed as a percentage of total number of people liable for community charge in 1991–92) Thousands Income support recipients Non-income support recipients England Percentage 3,500 3,250 Percentage 10 9 Wales 270 130 Percentage 12 6 Scotland 500 400 Percentage 13 11 Source: Modelled using data drawn from 1987–88 Family Expenditure Survey and 1990–91 Management Information System.
All income support recipients receive maximum community charge benefit. However, there will also be some charge payers not in receipt of income support who will receive maximum community charge benefit in 1991–92.
Estimates of the take-up of community charge benefit cannot be produced until some time after the receipt of the relevant data from the 1991 family expenditure survey. These estimates will not become available until 1993.