HC Deb 05 April 2000 vol 347 cc473-5W
Angela Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in the parliamentary constituency of Basildon were in receipt of (a) Family Credit and (b) Child Care Allowance in each of the last five years. [117056]

Angela Eagle

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

Numbers of Family Credit recipients in Basildon parliamentary constituency—August 1995–99
Thousand
Number of Family Credit recipients
August
1995 0.6
1996 0.9
1997 0.8
1998 0.9
1999 1.1

Notes:

  1. 1. Caseload figures are taken at a point in time for which the month is August.
  2. 2. Sample size is 5 per cent. As the numbers are based on a relatively small number of sample cases the estimates are subject to a high degree of sampling error, i.e. for an estimate of 1 thousand the true value will lie somewhere in the range 700 to 1,300.
  3. 3. Family Credit was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999.
  4. 4. Cases are allocated to each parliamentary constituency by matching the postcode against the 1999 version 2 of the postcode directory, and as such represent constituency boundaries as at May 1997.
  5. 5. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands.
  6. 6. Due to the relatively small numbers, it is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the number of cases with allowed help with child care costs by parliamentary constituency.

Source:

Family Credit 5 per cent. sample of awards

Family Credit recipients benefiting from the Child Care Disregard, East Government Office Region—August 1995–99
Thousand
Number of recipients
August
1995 1.3
1996 1.8
1997 2.0
1998 2.4
1999 3.1

Notes:

  1. 1. Caseload figures are taken at a point in time for which the month is August.
  2. 2. Numbers are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.
  3. 3. Family Credit was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999.
  4. 4. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands.

Angela Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in(a) Basildon and (b) Thurrock were in receipt of (i) Family Credit and (ii) child care allowance in each of the last five years. [117055]

Angela Eagle

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

Numbers of Family Credit recipients in Basildon and Thurrock local authorities, August 1995–99
Thousand
Basildon LA Thurrock LA
August 1995 1.3 0.9
August 1996 1.5 1.1
August 1997 1.4 1.1
August 1998 1.7 0.9
August 1999 1.8 0.8

Notes:

  1. 1. Caseload figures are taken at a point in time for which the month is August.
  2. 2. Sample size is 5 per cent. As the numbers are based on a relatively small number of sample cases the estimates are subject to a high degree of sampling error ie for an estimate of 2,000 the true value will lie somewhere in the range 1,628 to 2,382.
  3. 3. Family Credit was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999.
  4. 4. Local Authorities are assigned by matching the postcode against the 1999 version 1 of the postcode directory.
  5. 5. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands.
  6. 6. Due to the relatively small numbers, it is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the number of cases with allowed help with child care costs by local authority or parliamentary constituency.

Source:

Family Credit 5 per cent. sample of awards.

Family Credit recipients benefiting from the child care disregard, East Government Office Region August 1995–99
Thousand
Number of recipients
August 1995 1.3
August 1996 1.8
August 1997 2.0
August 1998 2.4
August 1999 3.1

Notes:

  1. 1. Caseload figures are taken at a point in time for which the month is August.
  2. 2. Numbers are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.
  3. 3. Family Credit was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999.