§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for the latest available year the value of benefits paid by his Department to claimants in the(a) Liverpool and (b) Wirral areas. [72185]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables. Where a benefit is paid centrally its value cannot be broken down to local figures, unless it is paid with a locally administered benefit such as Income Support.
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The value of benefit claims for the Financial Year 1997–98, period ending March 1998, for Liverpool and Wirral areas Benefits Liverpool Wirral Attendance Allowance1 41,436,945 11,854,879 Community Care Grants 3,321,647 833,135 Disability Living Allowance1 25,840,578 6,324,555 Funeral Payments 94,884 22,665 Incapacity Benefit 210,017,961 66,275,699 Income Support 380,229,248 106,703,915 Industrial Death Benefit 868,650 533,175 Industrial Injuries Benefit 11,543,984 8,578,417 Job Seekers Allowance 105,322,360 29,589,854 Maternity Allowance 278,828 115,242
The value of benefit claims for the Financial Year 1997–98, period ending March 1998, for Liverpool and Wirral areas Benefits Liverpool Wirral Maternity Expenses 484,029 140,829 Retirement Pension1 382,241,952 140,576,855 Severe Disablement Allowance 22,899,682 7,067,890 Widows Benefit 13,987,575 4,675,006 Winter Fuel Payments 3,051,760 1,002,410 Xmas Bonus 1,737,431 608,596 Other2 43,961 23,244 Total 1,203,401,475 384,926,366 1The benefits marked are centrally paid benefits and the full value of these benefits paid in Liverpool and Wirral is not shown. The amounts shown are only the value of the benefit where it is combined with a locally paid benefit such as Income Support. 2The "other" figure consists of the remaining benefits whose value individually are small. Notes:
1. Other centrally administered benefits that could not be shown in the table are: War Pensions, Family Credit, Child Benefit, Earnings Top-Up, Disabled Working Allowance, and Invalid Care Allowance.
2. Liverpool consists of Knowsley, Liverpool Mersey, Liverpool North and Sefton Districts. The BA local offices which make up these districts are: Liverpool Huyton, Liverpool Kirkby, Liverpool Belle Vale, Liverpool Edgehill, Liverpool Garston, Liverpool Toxteth, Liverpool Breckfield, Liverpool West Derby, Liverpool Bootle, Liverpool Crosby and Southport.
3. Wirral is one BA district with Birkenhead and Wallasey local offices.
4. Figures are provisional and subject to change.
Source:
Programme Accounting Computer System of the BA based at Norcross.
The amount of Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit subsidy paid out by the Department for 1997–98 Benefits Liverpool Wirral Housing Benefit Subsidy 137,797,161 39,894,852 Council Tax Benefit Subsidy 80,723,071 19,439,489 Total 218,520,232 59,334,341 Notes:
1. Local Authorities included above are Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral.
2. The amounts for Housing Benefit/Council Tax Benefit represent the subsidies paid to Local Authorities by the Department as opposed to the actual amount of benefit paid to claimants by the Local Authorities.
3. Figures may be subject to change at audit.
Source:
The Local Authorities initial final claims for 1997–98.