§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 13 December 2000,Official Report, columns 132–33W, for each month between April 1999 and November 2000 to how many pensioners arrears were paid; what was the amount of arrears paid; and what was the average number of weeks of arrears that fell to be paid to each pensioner. [143267]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Month Pension arrears paid (£) Number of pensioners April/May 1999 478,979 1,522 June 1999 2,598,954 12,256 July 1999 2,358,507 9,580 August 1999 2,990,594 10,567 September 1999 1,990,580 7,557 October 1999 6,728,176 12,082 November 1999 4,153,782 12,191 December 1999 2,619,020 10,273 January 2000 2,974,503 7,958 February 2000 2,575,161 6,740 March 2000 2,229,035 5,279 April 2000 2,043,878 5,168 May 2000 2,121,227 6,814 June 2000 2,102,673 5,264 July 2000 1,374,305 5,103 August 2000 1,600,579 4,733 September 2000 1,825,299 4,377 October 2000 2,344,819 5,142 November 2000 2,053,352 4,625
§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answers of 13 December 2000,Official Report, columns 132–33W, what the total amount of interest foregone by pensioners on late payment of pensions was in each six month period from January 1997 assuming Bank of England base rate of interest on deposits had been obtained. [143150]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is in the table. No information is available prior to April 1999.
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Period Value of lost interest (£) April 1999–September 1999 700,000 October 1999–March 2000 900,000 April 2000–September 2000 200,000 October 2000–November 2000 100,000 The potential loss of interest of £1.9 million has been redressed by the payment of compensation of over £2.7 million under the special £10 scheme announced in February 1999 and the DSS Special Payments Scheme.