§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the number of people in each of the last three years for which statistics are available who(a) were in receipt of invalid care allowance, (b) who ceased to be entitled to invalid care allowance as a result of earnings above the earnings limit, (c) who ceased to be entitled to invalid care benefit due to their age and (d) who ceased to be entitled due to other changes in circumstances. [18115]
§ Mr. BurtThe information requested is in the table1
1993 1994 1995 ICA Recipients, 230,313 273,901 316,353 Cessations due to earnings 2,524 3,119 4,688 Cessations due to age2 Nil Nil Nil Other cessations 40,341 44,022 56,860 Notes:
1 Figures are based on a 100 per cent. of cases as at 31 December.
2 Once entitlement to ICA is established, there is no upper age limit.
Source:
Invalid care allowance quarterly statistical returns.
§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are currently the range and average level of earnings of people in receipt of invalid care allowance and of their spouses, giving figures separately for each; and what are(a) the number and proportion of invalid care allowance claimants with earnings, (b) the number and proportion of married invalid care allowance claimants whose spouses are earning and (c) the number of invalid care allowance claimants who have lost additional payments for (1) one child, (2) two children and (3) three or more children as a result of the level of their spouses' earnings. [18114]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows:
As at 28 February 1996, the number of invalid care allowance claimants with earnings is 23,252, which represents 7.2 per cent. of the total number of recipients.
Note: figures are based on a 100 per cent. count of cases.
Source: scan of invalid care allowance database.