§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 2 December,Official Report, column 501, how many new awards there were in each year since 1980 for (a) child benefit and (b) one-parent benefit; and what data are kept by his Department on the number of claims for these benefits which do not result in an award of benefit. [8192]
§ Mr. Andrew Mitchell[holding answer 10 December 1996]: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
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Permanent Non-permanent 1 April 1992 78,277 2,985 1 April 1993 84,825 4,782 1 April 1994 87,134 5,536 1 April 1995 89,496 4,929 1 April 1996 91,536 4,501
New awards of CHB 1980–1995: number of children Thousands 1980 1,093 1981 968 1982 1,020 1983 1,009 1985 1,003 1986 1,022 1987 1,033 1988 1,041 1989 997 1990 1,062 1991 1,063 1992 1,025 1993 1,000 1994 992 1995 981 1. Data is not available for 1984 due to industrial action in that year.
2. The figures include claims made on the birth of a child, claims from families entering Great Britain and repeat claims following a period of disentitlement.
3. Figures based on a 4 per cent. sample to and including March 1994, thereafter a 1 per cent. sample.
4. There are no reliable data on the numbers of claims which do not result in award, and no information on the reasons for such disallowances.
New awards of OPB 1988–1995: number of families Thousands 1988 136 1989 139 1990 155 1991 153 1992 156 1993 152 1994 146 1995 176 1. Figures based on a 4 per cent. sample to and including March 1994, thereafter a 1 per cent. sample.
2. Data on one-parent benefit awards is not available before 1988.
769W3. There are no reliable data on the numbers of claims which do not result in an award, and no information on the reasons for such disallowances.