§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the number of(a) pregnant and (b) lactating mothers receiving (i) income support and (ii) family credit. [78278]
Appeals heard and decided Appeals decided in appellant's favour (Percentage of appeals heard and decided) Lapsed on review/superseded Incapacity benefit: all work test 1996 38,474 18,026 (47) 269 1997 51,896 22,453 (43) 1,742 1998 48,031 19,361 (40) 2,533 Incapacity benefit other than all work test 1996 3,120 1,035 (33) 49 1997 4,682 1,299 (28) 833 1998 5,302 1,343 (25) 1,347 Note:
Lapsed on review and superseded includes cases that could have been due to a re-instatement of benefit, but can include other causes.
Source:
100 per cent. computer extract from Independent Tribunal Service (ITS) systems.
390W
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows:
The number of pregnant women receiving milk tokens in receipt of Income Support was 45,000 as at August 1998. At the same date 570,000 recipients of Income Support received milk tokens for children aged five years or less.
No information is available in respect of Family Credit.
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample of all Income Support claimants and are subject to a degree of sampling error.
3. The figures cover those women who are provided with milk tokens during pregnancy up to the birth of the child and those claimants who are provided with milk tokens for children up to the age of five.
Source:
Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry, August 1998.