§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claimants with a disabled child on(a) income support and (b) housing benefit had their benefit reduced as a result of the presence of non-dependants in the household.
§ Miss WiddecombeInformation is not available in the form requested. The available information is based on the annual 1 per cent. sample surveys and, with the small numbers involved in the groups concerned, precise figures cannot be given. However, it is estimated that the total number would be less than 1,000.
§ Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many income support claimants had212W deductions from their benefit during 1991 for (a) social fund loan repayment, (b) community charge arrears, (c) rent arrears, (d) mortgage arrears, (e) water charges and (f) fuel debts; and how many of these claimants received a disability premium.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe latest information available is contained in table 10.2 of the annual statistical inquiry for May 1990, a copy of which is available in the Library.