§ Caroline FlintTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many(a) single people and (b) couples with dependent children have received Earnings Top-up in each of the pilot areas. [98027]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Single people in receipt of ETU between October 1996 and October 1999 Pilot area Number of single recipients All areas 44,037 Newcastle upon Tyne 7,192 Barnsley, Castleford, Pontefract, Wakefield and Dewsbury 4,258 Southend 1,587 Wales 5,808 Sunderland 11,695 Doncaster 6,915 Bournemouth 3,191 Scotland 3,391 Notes:
- 1. Earnings Top-Up was awarded to couples or single people without dependants.
- 2. Figure is based on a 100 per cent. sample.
- 3. Couples with dependent children were not eligible for Earnings Top-Up, but would have been able to claim Family Credit or, from 5 October 1999, Working Families Tax Credit.
Source:
Earnings Top-Up Monthly Statistics, October 1999.