§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will list, for the last available year, the total amount of expenditure on(a) income support, (b) housing benefit, (c) council tax benefit and (d) family credit given to (i) families containing one or more adults in work and (ii) people in work with no dependants, expressing the data by benefit office area; [23318]
(2) if he will list, for the last available year, the total amount of expenditure on (a) income support, (b) housing benefit, (c) council tax benefit and (d) family credit given to (i) families containing one or more adults in work and (ii) people in work with no dependants, expressing the data by region; [23319]
276W(3) if he will list the number of (a) families containing one or more adults in work and (b) people in work with no dependants receiving (i) income support, (ii) housing benefit, (iii) council tax benefit and (iv) family credit, expressing the data by (i) region and (ii) benefit office area for the latest year possible for which figures are available. [23648]
§ Mr. Hague[holding answer 10 May 1995]: Information cannot be provided in the precise form requested. No information is available for benefit office areas and information for family credit is available only for social security administrative regions. The available information is shown in the tables: 277W
Income-related benefit recipients and expenditure by standard statistical region North York and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia South East(ex London) IS HB CTB IS HB CTB IS HB CTB IS HB CTB IS HB CTB Families in work in receipt (000s) 11 21 25 11 18 27 10 15 22 5 9 12 23 36 41 Estimated expenditure (£ million) 38 29 8 41 20 7 35 21 6 15 15 3 99 74 12 Number of recipients in work without dependants (000s) 6 11 16 7 10 15 5 9 15 2 7 7 11 25 25 Estimated expenditure (£ million) 12 13 5 12 13 4 8 13 4 4 8 2 29 41 7
London (Inner and Outer) South West West Midlands IS HB CTB IS HB CTB IS HB CTB Families in work in receipt (000s) 10 33 26 13 19 23 12 19 21 Estimated expenditure (£ million) 37 75 9 55 32 7 48 26 6 Number of recipients in work without dependants (000s) 5 21 12 8 12 16 7 13 19 Estimated expenditure (£ million) 8 43 4 21 20 5 14 16 5
North West Wales Scotland IS HB CTB IS HB CTB IS HB CTB Families in work in receipt (000s) 16 30 45 8 14 12 8 25 25 Estimated expenditure (£ million) 56 41 13 32 21 2 24 29 6 Number of recipients in work without dependants (000s) 8 19 28 4 6 7 6 17 15 Estimated expenditure (£ million) 14 23 7 11 7 1 10 19 4
Family credit recipients and expenditure by social security administrative region North Eastern FC London North FC South Western FC Wales FC Midlands FC North Western FC Scotland FC London South FC Families in work in receipt (000s) 89 57 37 31 89 79 57 50 Estimated expenditure (£ million) 204 127 82 70 196 187 128 106 Source:
Housing Benefit Management Information Systems. 1 per cent. sample May 1993.
Income Support Statistics Annual Enquiry May 1993.
Family Credit Statistics Quarterly Enquiry May 1993.
Notes:
1. Recipients have been rounded to the nearest thousand, expenditure to the nearest £ million.
2. "People" has been interpreted to mean singles or couples with no dependants, and "families" as singles or couples with dependants.
3. Estimated annual expenditure is the total number of recipients multiplied by the average weekly award multiplied by 52 weeks.