Income Support, Derby (Hansard, 17 October 1995)

§ Mr. Roger Evans

The administration of income support is a matter for Mr. Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the right hon. Member.

Letter from Peter Mathison to Mrs. Margaret Beckett, dated 16 October 1995: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions about the number of people receiving Income Support and the numbers for whom direct payments, in respect of gas, electricity, rent and council tax is being made, in the city of Derby and in each of its constituent wards. Statistics are maintained on the Income Support live load for each of the Benefit Agency's Districts. These are not co-terminus with the areas covered by Parliamentary Constituencies. The Benefits Agency's Central Derbyshire District comprises of the Derby (Becket Street) and Ilkeston offices. The Benefit Agency's South Derbyshire District comprises of the Derby (London Road) and Burton-on-Trent offices.

At the end of August this year, the figure for the number of people receiving Income Support in the Central Derbyshire District was 33,996. In the South Derbyshire District the figure was 24,527.

Appendix A provides details of the numbers of people in the Central and South Derbyshire Districts who have their fuel, rent and council tax paid direct from their Income Support. Separate statistics are not kept for gas and electricity.

I hope you find this reply helpful.

Appendix A
Central Derbyshire DO	August 1995
District Payment (DP) Load—Fuel	1,059
DP Load—Rent arrears/amenity charges	401
DP Load—Council Tax	292
South Derbyshire DO
DP Load—Fuel	1,203

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Appendix A
Central Derbyshire DO	August 1995
DP Load—Rent arrears/amenity charges	384
DP Load—Council Tax	345

Note:

Customers may have more than one direct payment.

This data is provisional and is subject to amendment.