§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give the latest available figures for(a) income support recipients, (b) those in receipt of a family premium and (c) those in receipt of lone-parent premiums in the district council areas of Derbyshire.
§ Mr. BurtThe administration of income support is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available and a copy will be placed in the Library.
Letter from Michael Bichard to Mr. Harry Barnes, dated 12 May 1993:
As Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency it is my responsibility to answer questions about relevant operational matters. I am therefore replying to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security asking if he will give the latest available figures for (a) Income Support recipients, (b) those in receipt of a family premium and (c) those in receipt of lone parent premiums in the district council areas of Derbyshire.
The complete range of information you have requested is not available and could he provided only at a disproportionate cost. This is because information regarding the number of Income Support recipients is not collected on the basis of district council areas. Additionally, statistics are not routinely collected that reflect the number of customers in receipt of a family premium.
Information concerning lone parent premiums and the number of Income Support recipients in the Benefits Agency's offices in Derbyshire is in the Official Report Vol. 224 Col. 300.
However, estimates of the numbers of recipients receiving family premium and lone parent premium nationally are available from the Annual Statistical Enquiry (ASE). This is a point in time survey based on a one per cent. sample of all people in receipt of Income Support.
The latest information from the ASE relates to May 1991. The estimates from this were 4,487,000 recipients of Income Support, 1,318,000 recipients of the family premium and 871,000 recipients of the lone parent premium.
I hope you find this reply helpful. A copy of this letter will appear in the Official Report and a copy will also be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give the latest available figures for(a) claimants, (b) adult dependants who are in receipt of income support and (c) the number of children in such households in the district council areas of Derbyshire.
§ Mr. BurtThe administration of income support is a matter for Mr. Michael Bichard, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member with such information as is available and a copy will be placed in the Library.
542WLetter from Michael Bichard to Mr. Harry Barnes, dated 12 May 1993:
As Chief Executive of the Benefits Agency it is my responsibility to answer questions about relevant operational matters. I am therefore replying to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security asking if he will give the latest available figures of (a) claimants, (b) adult dependants who are in receipt of Income Support and (c) the number of children in such households in the district council areas of Derbyshire.
The complete range of information you have requested is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. This is because information regarding the number of Income Support recipients, their children or adult dependants, is not collected on the basis of district council areas. However, information concerning the number of Income Support recipients by Benefits Agency office in Derbyshire can he found in the Library.
Estimates of the numbers of adult dependants and children nationally are available from the Income Support Annual Statistical Enquiry (ASE). This is a point in time survey based on a one per cent. sample of all people in receipt of Income Support.
The latest information from the ASE related to May 1991. The estimates from this were 4,487,000 recipients of Income Support, 763,000 partners, 2,368,000 children under 16 and 129,000 dependants aged between 16 and 19.
I hope you find this reply helpful. A copy will appear in the Official Report and a copy will also be placed in the Library.