HC Deb 28 February 1997 vol 291 cc396-8W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many people(a) were assessed under, (b) failed and (c) passed the habitual residence test in each month since August 1994 in each of the Newham benefit offices broken down by (i) United Kingdom, (ii) European Economic Area and (iii) other; [17831]

(2) if he will provide a breakdown of the habitual residence test in the London borough of Newham since August 1994 for (i) Canning Town, (ii) Plaistow and Stratford benefit offices. [17833]

Mr. Roger Evans

The administration of income support is a matter for Peter Mathison, the chief executive of the Benefits Agency. He will write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Peter Mathison to Mr. Tony Banks, dated 27 February 1997: The Secretary of State for Social Security has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions asking how many people (a) were assessed (b) failed and (c) passed the Habitual Residence Test (HRT) in each month since August 1994 in each of the Newham Benefit offices broken down by (i) United Kingdom, (ii) EEA and (iii) other and; if he will provide a breakdown of the HRT in the London Borough of Newham since August 1994 for (i) Canning Town, (ii) Plaistow and (iii) Stratford benefit offices. Benefits Agency (BA) statistics are collated at District level and not routinely by individual office. However the BA District of Newham, which includes the offices at Canning Town, Plaistow and Stratford, do maintain HRT statistics for individual offices to assist in the deployment of staff resources. The information is shown in the attached tables. The same level of information may not be available for all benefits and it will not be possible to obtain comparable data for every District. I hope you find this reply helpful.

Stratford office—habitual residence test
EEA citizens UK citizens Other citizens
Income support Pass Fail Pass Fail Pass Fail
August 1994 0 5 0 0 1 0
September 1994 1 20 0 0 0 0
October 1994 0 20 0 0 0 0
November 1994 13 29 0 0 0 0
December 1994 5 10 8 15 13 3
January 1995 3 6 6 4 11 3
February 1995 6 8 8 10 11 5
March 1995 4 9 6 3 11 2
April 1995 5 4 8 2 5 3
May 1995 4 4 18 2 11 8
June 1995 5 6 12 3 15 14
July 1995 6 4 32 19 17 10
August 1995 10 7 30 7 14 12
September 1995 5 7 17 11 14 4
October 1995 10 7 32 9 19 5
November 1995 17 3 26 4 19 0
Stratford office—habitual residence test
EEA citizens UK citizens Other citizens
Income support Pass Fail Pass Fail Pass Fail
December 1995 9 5 7 2 6 1
January 1996 6 7 14 9 10 2
February 1996 5 9 21 9 18 2
March 1996 6 14 21 6 11 3
April 1996 2 11 22 18 11 2
May 1996 5 3 24 13 11 3
June 1996 4 4 27 12 14 2
July 1996 4 1 23 11 8 7
August 1996 8 5 13 16 12 5
September 1996 5 5 22 12 9 2
October 1996 9 6 16 16 11 2
November 1996 6 2 9 7 20 2
December 1996 3 0 4 2 5 1
January 1997 1 1 4 1 5 1
Data are provisional and may be subject to change.
Plaistow office—habitual residence test
EEA citizens UK citizens Other citizens
Income support Pass Fail Pass Fail Pass Fail
August 1994 0 0 0 0 0 0
September 1994 0 12 2 3 1 0
October 1994 1 10 2 10 5 0
November 1994 5 12 7 9 8 2
December 1994 2 3 8 4 2 1
January 1995 0 3 15 3 5 0
February 1995 3 7 20 4 17 1
March 1995 8 7 24 6 14 6
April 1995 1 1 28 4 15 0
May 1995 3 4 34 3 18 2
June 1995 1 2 37 0 13 2
July 1995 1 2 54 7 25 0
August 1995 2 3 43 0 18 0
September 1995 3 5 53 7 19 5
October 1995 8 6 25 6 21 2
November 1995 4 4 20 6 5 0
December 1995 1 8 10 3 9 4
January 1996 12 5 3 3 15 5
February 1996 7 6 17 6 12 4
March 1996 13 10 21 6 5 3
April 1996 7 5 10 5 6 0
May 1996 4 12 12 5 2 2
June 1996 2 2 13 5 8 1
July 1996 1 2 27 2 11 2
August 1996 5 3 17 10 13 0
September 1996 4 2 16 11 7 3
October 1996 10 5 21 6 11 0
November 1996 8 5 10 4 7 2
December 1996 3 0 8 2 2 1
January 1997 4 0 8 1 5 0
Data are provisional and may be subject to change.
Canning Town office—habitual residence test
EEA citizens UK citizens Other citizens
Income support Pass Fail Pass Fail Pass Fail
August 1994 0 5 5 1 2 0
September 1994 0 2 5 5 1 0
October 1994 0 2 11 8 1 2
November 1994 0 2 6 3 1 1
December 1994 0 3 4 7 1 0
January 1995 2 0 9 1 0 0
February 1995 2 2 14 4 1 2
March 1995 2 1 13 1 4 1
April 1995 0 0 4 2 2 0
May 1995 0 2 5 5 3 1
June 1995 1 1 14 3 2 1
July 1995 1 0 10 4 3 1
August 1995 1 0 10 1 4 0
September 1995 0 0 8 2 1 0
October 1995 1 2 4 1 0 1
November 1995 3 1 0 4 0 0
December 1995 1 2 1 1 0 1
January 1996 0 2 4 2 2 1
February 1996 1 0 0 2 0 0
March 1996 1 0 7 2 1 1
April 1996 0 0 1 0 0 1
May 1996 6 2 7 1 1 2
Canning Town office—habitual residence test
EEA citizens UK citizens Other citizens
Income support Pass Fail Pass Fail Pass Fail
June 1996 3 4 6 5 2 5
July 1996 0 0 4 2 0 0
August 1996 1 1 9 0 0 2
September 1996 0 3 7 5 1 1
October 1996 2 0 2 0 0 0
November 1996 0 0 5 0 0 0
December 1996 1 1 0 0 0 0
January 1997 1 0 1 0 2 0
Data are provisional and may be subject to change.