§ Lord Astor of Heverasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many carers caring more than 35 hours a week have an income from sources other than benefit of (a) £50 a week; (b) £100 a week; (c) £150 a week; and (d) £200 a week. [HL4250]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)The information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
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Numbers of Carers caring for more than 35 hours a week who have a weekly household equivalised net income, excluding all benefits, below the given thresholds in 1997–98 Equivalised income Before housing cost income Percentage After housing cost income Percentage Less than £50 per week 410,000 52 450,000 56 Between £50 and £100 pw 90,000 11 80,000 10 Between £100 and £150 pw 80,000 10 90,000 11 Between £150 and £200 pw 80,000 10 60,000 8
Numbers of Carers caring for more than 35 hours a week who have a weekly household equivalised net income, excluding all benefits, below the given thresholds in 1997–98 Equivalised income Before housing cost income Percentage After housing cost income Percentage More than £200 pw 130,000 17 120,000 15 Total 800,000 100 800,000 100 Notes:
1. Source Family Resources Survey (FRS) 1997–98 and derived Households Below Average Income dataset. The FRS covers private households in Great Britain only.
2. All estimates are subject to sampling error, and numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10,000 percentages to the nearest percentage point. They should not be regarded as accurate to that degree.
3. April 1999 prices.
4. All benefits to the household have been removed from total net income but the tax paid on benefits is not separately identified and thus income is net of all tax including tax on benefits.
5. Equivalised income is money income adjusted for the size of the household. A couple with no children in receipt of £50 of non-benefit income would have an equivalised income of £50. A single person in receipt of £50 of non-benefit income before housing costs would have an equivalised income of about £82 before housing costs in the table above.
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§ Lord Astor of Heverasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many of the current claimants of invalid care allowance care for more than (a) 35 hours a week; (b) 45 hours a week; (c) 55 hours a week; and (d) 65 or more hours a week. [HL4251]
§ Baroness Hollis of HeighamThe information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Hours per week Caring Reported by Invalid Care Allowance Recipients in the Family Resources Survey 1997–98 Percentage No hours given or less than 45 hours per week 50 45 to 65 hours per week 13 More than 65 37 Total 100 Notes
1. The Family Resources Survey covers private households in Great Britain only.
2. All estimates are subject to sampling error and have been rounded to the nearest percentage point. Given a relatively small sample, they should not be regarded as accurate to that degree.
3. Number of hours spent caring is given as a total of hours cited for all recipients of care given by that individual.