§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many of the current claimants in receipt of 427W invalidity or severe disablement allowance are (a) single, (b) in receipt of additional payments for their spouses or partners, (c) in receipt of an additional earnings-related element and (d) in receipt of additional payments in relation to age bands; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HagueThere is no information on the number of invalidity benefit or severe disablement allowance recipients who are single.
The available information is in the table.
The number of Invalidity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance recipients in Great Britain on the 3 April 1993 (latest date for which information available) Benefit Number of recipients Invalidity Benefit 1,580,000 Adult dependency increase 457,000 Additional pension 1,384,000 Invalidity allowance1 584,000
Family credit expenditure £million 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Family with one child 129 145 178 277 335 Family with two children 141 162 212 329 390 Family with three children 88 105 131 188 219 Family with four children 41 49 61 82 92 Family with five or more children 27 33 44 53 55 All families 425 494 626 929 11,091 1 Estimated outturn.
Percentage 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Family with one child 30 29 28 30 31 Family with two children 33 33 34 35 36 Family with three children 21 21 21 20 20 Family with four children 10 10 10 9 8 Family with five or more children 6 7 7 6 5 All families 100 100 100 100 100 Source: Five per cent. sample of Family Credit awards and the Departmental Report 1994.