§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for each year of the earnings top-up pilot, the relevant local authority area in England and Wales and the total number of individuals, indicating their(a) gender and (b) average ETU award, who participated in the pilot. [115109]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
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ETU cases disallowed, October 1996 to September 1999 Year Number disallowed 1996–97 5,801 1997–98 6,635 1998–99 7,485 Notes:
1. Based on 100 per cent. caseload figures.
2. Figures are unrounded.
3. Figures represent the sum of all participants in each given period. Claims are only counted once in each year, although there will be a degree of double counting between years where a participant has been receiving ETU over more than one yearly period.
4. Detailed figures for disallowed cases of ETU are not available, as gender and pilot area are not recorded.
Source:
Earnings Top-Up Statistical Enquiry, February 2000.
§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the arrangements for the evaluation of the effects of the Earnings Top-Up pilot. [115107]
§ Angela EagleA report providing a description of the programme of research to evaluate the effects of the Earnings Top-Up pilot was published in May 1996 and placed in the Library. Interim findings from the evaluation were published in the Department of Social Security Research Series in March 2000 and final results will be available in early 2001.