Contracts (Hansard, 26 June 1996)

§ Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list(a) the average value of contracts awarded by his Department, (b) the value of (i) the

Legislation	Effect	Approximate numbers affected at point of change
Housing Benefits Regulations 1982	Claimants in receipt of supplementary benefit including rent costs were transferred to housing benefits: rent rebate, rate rebate and/or rent allowance	Not available
Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations 1984	Claimants in receipt of non-contributory invalidity pension and housewives non-contributory invalidity pension were transferred to severe disablement allowance	250,000
s.20 of the Social Security Act 1986	Claimants in receipt of supplementary benefit were transferred to income support	²4.4 million
paras. 5 and 6 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1986	Claimants in receipt of special hardship allowance were transferred to reduced earnings allowance	150,000
Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987	Claimants in receipt of family income supplement were transferred to family credit	200,000
Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987	Claimants in receipt of pre-1988 housing benefits were transferred to housing benefit	²4 million
Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1987, Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987	Claimants in receipt of supplementary benefit who were working for between 24 and 30 hours per week became eligible to claim family credit	Not available
s.2 of the Social Security Act 1988, para. 8 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Act 1989, Social Security (Industrial Injuries and Diseases) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996	Claimants in receipt of reduced earnings allowance over pensionable age were transferred to retirement allowance	32,000 to date, 2,000 to be reviewed
Social Security (Introduction of Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991	Claimants in receipt of attendance allowance under the age of 65 were transferred to disability living allowance (care component)	¹340,000

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smallest and (ii) the largest contract awarded, (c) the number of contracts with a value of (1) £0 to £999, (2) £1,000 to £9,999, (3) £10,000 to £49,999, (4) £50,000 to £99,999, (5) £100,000 to £499,999, (6) £500,000 to £999,999 and (7) above £1,000,000 and (d) the total number of contracts awarded in 1995–96. [34137]