§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security(a) what are the estimated costs to his Department of the changes to disability working allowance and (b) how many people are estimated to gain, under (i) increases to the allowance for lone parents, and couples, (ii) increases to the single person's threshold and (iii) introducing a disabled child's premium.
§ Mr. ScottThe cost and expected number of gainers as a result of the disability working allowance changes are in the table.
641WNote: Costs are rounded to the nearest £0.25 million and are given at constant 1994–95 prices; caseloads are rounded to the nearest 500. It is very difficult to reliably estimate the behavioural consequences of these policy changes, therefore figures are not accurate to that degree.