§ Earl Russellasked Her Majesty's Government:
When the next set of CSA Performance—Statistical information (including figures on the requirement to co-operate) is to be placed in the Library of the House.
Deductions from Income Support—August 1996 Claimants with deductions by number and type of charges 000's Type of charge Number of deductions All Current charges only Current charges and arrears Arrears only 1 1,134 758 190 186 2 347 53 284 10 3 120 5 115 — 4 31 1 31 — 5 5 — 5 — 6 — — — — 7 or more — — — — All claimants with deductions 1,638 816 625 197 Average number of deductions 1.4 1.1 2.0 1.1
Claimants with deductions by amount and type of charge 000's and £ per week Type of charge Claimants with total weekly amount deducted All Current charges only Current charges and arrears Arrears only Less than or equal to £ 15 1,152 621 335 197 More than £15 486 196 290 — All amounts 1,638 816 625 197 Average weekly amount deducted (£) 16.40 14.78 22.87 2.56 Notes:
1. Deductions from income support and income-based jobseeker's allowance included in the table are for: housing costs, mortgage arrears (abolished from April 1997). rent (and service charge) arrears, fuel costs, water and sewerage charges, council tax/community charge arrears, unpaid fines, child support maintenance, repayment of Social Fund loans and recovery of overpayments of benefit.
2. "Current charges only" refers to deductions to meet only current consumption of fuel or water and/or current housing costs.
3. "Arrears only" refers to deductions to clear arrears or debts.
4. Each deduction type is counted only once. For example, a case with a current and an arrears deduction for electricity would be counted as one deduction and appear in the column headed "Current charges and arrears".
5. Excludes reductions of benefit for jobseeker's allowance sanctions and child support reduced benefit directions.
6. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand for caseload and to the nearest pence for average amounts. Due to rounding, the figures may not tally.
Source:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry—August 1996. 5 per cent, sample.
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)The latest report, which contained information for the period January to March 1997, is available in the Library.
The next edition, covering April-June 1997, should be available at the end of July.