§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a breakdown of the £40 better off figures cited for lone parents who take paid employment as a result of the New Deal programme prototypes by amounts of(a) child benefit, (b) maintenance, (c) family credit, (d) net income from earnings, (e) housing benefit and (f) council tax benefit; and if he will break down the equivalent income figures which applied before paid employment was taken. [61840]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 1 December 1998]: The information is set out in the table.
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Average amounts paid to new deal for lone parents sample cases (March 1998) £ per week Average amounts: (Income Support claim) Average amounts: (Family Creadit claim) Child Benefit 22.35 22.35 Maintenance 6.96 6.96 Family Credit n/a 64.54
Average amounts paid to new deal for lone parents sample cases (March 1998) £ per week Average amounts: (Income Support claim) Average amounts: (Family Credit claim) Income Support 67.72 n/a Net income from earnings n/a 78.49 Housing Benefit 54.10 25.08 Council Tax Benefit 8.60 2.10 All Income 159.72 199.51 Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest penny. As such totals may differ slightly from the sum of the component parts.
2. Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit amounts are calculated using an average amount of eligible rent and Council Tax Benefit appropriate to lone parents in Great Britain.
3. It is assumed that claimants will take up their full entitlement to other benefits.
4. Based on a sample of 296 claimants who have moved from Income Support to Family Credit, taken at the end of March 1998.