§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Colchester, North (Mr. Jenkin) of 12 November,Official Report, column 194, how many (a) new claims and (b) recipients there were in each of the last 15 years for (i) child benefit and (ii) one parent benefit; how many claims for each of those benefits were turned down in each of the last 15 years; if he will provide a breakdown of the reasons for the refusal of claims for each of those benefits in each of the last 15 years; and how many claims for child benefit in each of those years were based on foreign documentation. [6267]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Figures are not available for the number of claims for child benefit in each of those years which were based on foreign documentation, but are estimated to have been 16,000 a year in each of the last three years.
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New claims and total recipients of Child Benefit 1980–1995 Thousands New Claims Recipients 1980 789 7,174 1981 764 7,136 1982 762 7,014 1983 652 6,924 1984 n/a n/a 1985 770 6,819 1986 789 6,762 1987 701 6,712
New claims and total recipients of Child Benefit 1980–1995 Thousands New Claims Recipients 1988 864 6,706 1989 807 6,695 1990 816 6,732 1991 819 6,805 1992 815 6,857 1993 795 6,913 1994 873 6,995 1995 881 6,996 Data is not available on the number of new awards for Child Benefit for 1984 due to industrial action in that year.
New claims and recipients of One Parent Benefit 1980–1995 Thousands New Claims Recipients 1980 123 438 1981 118 469 1982 140 513 1983 127 541 1984 n/a n/a 1985 151 582 1986 145 607 1987 170 681 1988 176 708 1989 176 722 1990 190 773 1991 180 818 1992 188 855 1993 196 898 1994 177 941 1995 198 994 Data is not available on the number of new awards for One Parent Benefit for 1984 due to industrial action in that year.