§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his estimate of(a) the cost and (b) the numbers gaining if receipt of an incapacity credit where no benefit is in payment were to be included in the qualifying benefits for disability working allowance (i) during the eight weeks prior to claim, (ii) in the six months prior to claim and (iii) in the two years prior to claim. [39111]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThere are insufficient data on which to base reliable estimates.
§ Mr. HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 2 July,Official Report, columns 411–12, if he will break down each of the tables by gender and marital status. [39047]
§ Mr. HealdThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
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Number of unemployed claimants in receipt of National Insurance credits only: by gender and marital status in Great Britain Thousands Males Females Total Claimants Total Married Single, divorced or widowed Total Married Single, divorced or widowed May 1989 274 171 96 75 102 65 37 May 1990 220 141 69 73 78 45 34 May 1991 280 187 96 90 93 52 41 May 1992 313 211 116 96 102 59 43 May 1993 335 229 128 101 106 62 44 May 1994 281 192 120 72 89 52 38 May 1995 231 155 92 63 76 43 33 February 19961 229 155 87 68 74 39 35 Notes
1 February 1996 is the most recent data available.
2 The above figures include a small number who will not receive credits, but can't be identified separately.
3 For Unemployment Benefit, only point in time information is available, relating to the second Thursday of May in each of the years requested. The table below shows the number of unemployed claimants not receiving Unemployment Benefit nor Income Support by gender and marital status. Almost all of these will receive National Insurance (NI) credits.
Source:
5 per cent. sample of unemployed claimants taken on the second Thursday of the months shown.
Number of people receiving at least one credit for Invalid Care Allowance Great Britain Thousands Financial year All Men Women All Married Single Divorced Widowed Unknown 1988–89 116 21 95 77 7 4 6 1 1989–90 129 26 103 83 9 4 5 1 1990–91 143 30 112 91 11 5 5 1 1991–92 174 35 139 110 16 7 6 1 1992–93 210 45 165 130 21 8 6 1 1. The information for men aged between 60 and 64 years is available only for the numbers of people in receipt of at least on NI credit in the financial year shown.
Number of men, aged between 60 and 64 receiving at least one Autocredit Great Britain Thousands Financial year Men 1988–89 1,299 1989–90 1,310 1990–91 1,331 1991–92 1,348 1992–93 1,371 Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Figures 1992–93 are not complete as some returns may not have been received at the time of the extract.
Source:
1 per cent. Sample of National Insurance Recording System (NIRS) taken at February 1994.