§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in Norwich were in receipt of(a) Family Credit and (b) the child care allowance in each of the last five years. [115096]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the tables.592W
Numbers of Family Credit recipients in Norwich local authority area August 1995–99 Thousand Year Number August 1995 1.6 August 1996 1.8 August 1997 2.0 August 1998 2.1 August 1999 2.0 Notes:
1. Case load figures are taken at a point in time for which the month is August.
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. Family Credit was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999.
4. Local authorities are assigned by matching the postcode against the 1999 version 1 of the postcode directory.
5. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands.
Source:
Family Credit 5 per cent. sample of awards.
Family Credit recipients benefiting from the child care disregard, Eastern Government Office Region August 1995–99 Thousand Year Number August 1995 1.3 August 1996 1.8 August 1997 2.0 August 1998 2.4 August 1999 3.1 Notes:
1. Case load figures are taken at a point in time for which the month is August.
2. Numbers are based on a 5 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.
3. Family Credit was replaced by Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999.
4. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred and expressed in thousands.