§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people in the constituency of Crewe and Nantwich have been awarded(a) attendance allowance, (b) back to work bonus, (c) business start up, (d) child benefit, (e) child maintenance bonus, (f) child support maintenance, (g) cold weather payment, (h) community care grants, (i) council tax benefit, (j) disability living allowance, (k) incapacity benefit, (l) income support, (m) industrial injury disablement benefit, (n) invalid care allowance, (o) maternity allowance, (p) severe disablement allowance, (q) social fund crisis loans, (r) stakeholder pensions, (s) statutory maternity pay, (t) statutory sick pay and (u) winter fuel payments since May 1997. [156256]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is not available in the format requested as information on awards of benefit at constituency level is limited. Such information as is available is in the table.
Benefit Period Number of awards Attendance Allowance1 1 June 1997–30 November 2000 1,600 Council Tax Benefit2 April 1997—March 2000 8,100 Disability Living Allowance1 1 June 1997–30 November 2000 900 Incapacity Benefit1 1 June 1998–30 November 2000 2,700 Winter Fuel Payment3 1999–2000 18,700 2000–20014 16,700 1 Figures are taken from 5 per cent. sample data. 2 Information on awards of Council Tax Benefit is in respect of the Crewe and Nantwich borough council area. Figures are taken from the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly Administration Returns. Data refers to benefit claims, which may be a single person or a couple. 3 Figures are taken from the Matching Intelligence Data Analysis Service Winter Fuel Payment exercise and are rounded to the nearest hundred. 4 The Winter Fuel Payment figures for 2000–2001 are provisional. They are taken from a payment run in November 2000 and will be an underestimate of the actual payments made.