HC Deb 11 March 1999 vol 327 cc341-2W
Ms Kelly

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many households in receipt of housing benefit have no one in work in (i) Bolton, (ii) the North West and (iii) England. [75634]

Angela Eagle

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.

Mr. Timms

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

The approximate cost of uprating pensions for all UK residents overseas in 1999–2000 in line with UK pensioners
£ million
Not frozen cases 19
Frozen cases 18
Total 37

Notes:

1. The figures are based on recent data and allow for some increase in the numbers of overseas cases.

2. The numbers are presented in terms of the total cost of paying an annual uprating to all UK pensioners living overseas, including both cases that already receive annual uprating and those who do not (ie, the frozen cases).

Source:

Figures are provided by the Government Actuary's Department. The measure used to uprate pensions is the Retail Prices Index (RPI).