HC Deb 15 July 1996 vol 281 cc408-9W
Ms Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many claims for(a) family credit, (b) attendance allowance, (c) disability working and living allowance, (d) severe disability allowance and (e) invalidity care allowance have been processed since 4 February; how many people have (i) passed and (ii) failed the residence test in (a) to (e); and how many awards previously made or granted in (a) to (e) have been withdrawn. [36040]

Mr. Roger Evans

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the table:

Benefit Claims processed Residence and presence test Period
Passed Failed
Family credit 668,227 n/a 360 February 1996 to June 1996
Attendance allowance 163,575 n/a 181 February 1996 to June 1996
Disability living allowance 216,039 n/a 651 February 1996 to June 1996
Disability working allowance 9,758 n/a 5 February 1996 to June 1996
Severe disablement allowance 32,000 n/a n/a n/a
Invalid care allowance 56,882 n/a n/a n/a

1. The information is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

2. Figures are provisional and subject to amendment.

Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in the Coventry local authority area in each of the last 12 months were in receipt of(a) unemployment benefits only, (b) income support only, (c) unemployment benefits and income support and (d) national insurance credits only. [35940]

Mr. Evans

[holding answer Monday 8 July 1996]: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the table.

Thousands
Total unemployed claimants Unemployment Benefit (UB) only in payment UB and Income Support (IS) in payment IS only in payment Neither UB nor IS in payment
May 1995 14.1 1.2 0.6 11.0 1.3
August 1995 15.1 1.4 0.8 11.0 1.9
November 1995 13.3 1.3 0.7 9.9 1.3
February 1996 14.5 1.3 0.9 10.1 2.2

Notes:

1. Figures are based on a sample of one in 20 claimants.

2. Figures relate to unemployed claimants who sign on at an employment service jobcentre—ESJ—in the Coventry local authority area. The ESJs included are Coventry Bankfield, Coventry Cheylesmore, Coventry Park Court and Coventry Tile Hill.

3. Figures are subject to sampling variability.

4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.

Source:

Quarterly 5 per cent. sample of unemployed claimants taken on the second Thursday of the months shown.