§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list each of the benefits for which his Department is responsible giving in each case(a) the total number estimated to be eligible for that benefit, (b) the total number receiving that benefit, (c) the cost in a full year of that benefit and (d) an estimate of the cost in a full year if everyone entitled to that benefit received it.
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§ Mr. ScottInformation on the numbers eligible for each benefit is not available. Such information as is available is in the tables.
Table 1: Estimated average numbers receiving benefit at any one time (thousands) Year 1991–92 BENEFIT Retirement Pension 9,920 Widows' Benefit 350 Unemployment Benefit 650 Sickness Benefit 120 Statutory Sick Pay 345 Invalidity Benefit 1,325 Industrial Disablement Benefit 330 Industrial Death Benefit 25 Maternity Allowance 20 Statutory Maternity Pay 85 Non-contributory RP 35 War Pension 260 Attendance Allowance 970 Invalid Care Allowance 155 Severe Disablement Allowance 300 Mobility Allowance 660 Income Support 4,820 Child Benefit (Children) 12,185 One Parent Benefit 835 Family Credit 350 Rent Allowance 1,115 Rent Rebate 3,085 Community Charge Benefit 6,570
Table 2: Expenditure in cash terms (£ million) Benefit Year 1991–92 Retirement Pension 25,538 Christmas Bonus-Contributory 114 Widows' Benefit 983 Unemployment Benefit 1,506 Sickness Benefit 268 Statutory Sick Pay 724 Invalidity Benefit 5,255 Industrial Disablement Benefit 600 Industrial Death Benefit 65 Other II Benefits 4 Maternity Allowance 39 Statutory Maternity Pay 344 Guardian's Allowance/CSA 2 Non-contributory RP 37 Christmas Bonus-Non-contributory 8 War Pension 805 Attendance Allowance 1,706 Invalid Care Allowance 262 Severe Disablement Allowance 583 Mobility Allowance 1,061 Income Support 11,891 Child Benefit 5,206 One Parent Benefit 247 Family Credit 617 Independent Living Fund 54 Motability 3 Rent Allowance 1,976 Rent Rebate 583 Community Charge Benefit 1,228 Note: Figures are estimated outturn.
Most central Government support for rent rebates appears in the Department of the Environment and Welsh Office programmes, as rent rebate subsidy in England and Wales is now paid from local authorities' housing revenue accounts.