§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate for 1993–94 the number of pensioners(a) in receipt of income-related benefits, (b) entitled to receive butnot claiming income-related benefits and (c) with income £10 per week or less above the eligibility level for receipt of income-related benefits.
§ Mr. BurtThe available information is in the tables. The latest available figures on the take up of income-related benefits can be found in "Income Related Benefits—Estimates of Take Up in 1989" published on 11 January 1993, copies of which are in the Library. It is not possible to provide information regarding take-up of benefit in 1993–94 as DSS does not produce such forecasts.
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Table 1: Estimated number of pensioners in receipt of income-related benefits 1993–94 (1) Benefit (2) Number of Pensioners (Millions) Income Support 1.6 Housing Benefit 2.3 Council Tax Benefit 3.1 Family Credit 2 Disability Working Allowance 1
Table 2: Numbers of pensioners, for each income-related benefit. whose weekly income taken into account when calculating benefit levels is in a £10 range starting at the level which would reduce benefit entitlement to zero (1) Benefit (2) Number of Pensioners (Millions) Income Support 0.8 Housing Benefit 0.1 Council Tax Benefit 0.3 Family Credit 2 Disability Working Allowance 1 1 Denotes information is not available. 2 Denotes less than 5,000 people. Notes:
1. Modelled at 1993–94 incomes, price and benefit levels, using data drawn from the 1988–89–90 Family Expenditure Surveys.
2. Some people may be included in calculations for more than one benefit.
3. Table includes pensioners whose partner is under the age of 60.
4. All figures rounded to nearest 100,000
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate for 1993–94 the number of(a) claimants and dependants in receipt of income-related benefits, (b) people and their dependants who are eligible for, but not claiming, income-related benefits or (c) people and dependants with incomes £10 a week or less above the eligibility limits for income-related benefits.
§ Mr. BurtThe available information is in the tables. The latest available figures on the take up of income-related benefits can be found in "Income Related Benefits—Estimates of Take Up in 1989" published on 11 January 1993, copies of which are in the Library. It is not possible to provide information regarding take-up of benefit in 1993–94 as DSS does not produce such forecasts.
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Table 1: Estimated numbers of people and their dependants in receipt of income-related benefits 1993–94 (1) Benefit (2) Number of people (Millions) (3) Number of dependants (Millions) Income Support 5.7 4.6 Housing Benefit 4.6 3.7 Council Tax Benefit 5.0 3.4 Family Credit 0.4 1.2 Disability Working Allownce 1 1
Table 2: Numbers of people and their dependants, for each income-related benefit, whose weekly income taken into account when calculating benefit levels is in a £10 range starting at the level which would reduce benefit entitlement to zero (1) Benefit (2) Number of people (Millions) (3) Number of dependants (Millions) Income Support 1.6 0.6 Housing Benefit 0.2 0.2 Council Tax Benefit 0.4 0.4 Family Credit 0.1 0.1 Disability Working Allowance 1 1 1 Denotes information is not available. Notes:
1. Modelled at 1993–94 incomes, price and benefit levels, using data drawn from the 1988–89–90 Family Expenditure Surveys.
2. Column (3) includes partners and dependant children.
3. Some people may be included in calculations for more than one benefit.
4. All figures rounded to the nearest 100,000.