§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 24 November,Official Report, column 357, if he now has provisional figures for July 1995 for the numbers of people receiving the £10 weekly allowance with (i) family credit and (ii) disability working allowance for working more than 30 hours per week. [10176]
§ Mr. HealdAs at 31 July 1995, the number of family credit and disability working allowance recipients who were benefiting from the 30-hour premium was 25,000 and eight respectively. By 31 August 1995, the latest date available, these had risen to 87,000 and 45. Claimants working 30 hours or more a week, who were in receipt of benefit when the premium was introduced on 17 July 1995, will receive the additional benefit when they renew their claims.
Sources:Family credit 5 per cent. sample of awards.Disability working allowance 100 per cent. count of awards.