§ Richard BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people in Birmingham, Northfield claim(a) both disability living allowance and income support and (b) a disability premium as part of their income support applicable amount; [19384]
(2) how many over 60-year-olds in Birmingham, Northfield have the (a) disability and (b) higher pensioner premium added to their income support applicable amount; [19385]
(3) how many single parent families in Birmingham, Northfield are in receipt of (a) working families tax credit and (b) income support. [19388]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information is in the table.
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Benefit recipients in Birmingham, Northfield constituency Thousand Income support (IS) recipients receiving disability living allowance 1.1 IS recipients with a disability premium 2.8 Pensioners receiving MIG with a disability premium 0.8 Pensioners receiving MIG with a higher pensioner premium 1.9 Lone parents receiving IS 1.8 Lone parents receiving working families tax credit 1.3 Notes:
1. All figures are for May 2001.
2. Figures are based on 5 per cent. sample data and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error.
3. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.
4. IS recipients with DLA are cases where DLA is paid to the benefit recipient. Cases where DLA is paid to the partner only are not included.
5. Disability premiums are classed as severe disability premium, disability premium and enhanced disability premium.
6. Pensioners are cases where the benefit recipient and/or partner are aged 60 or over.
7. IS lone parents are single parents aged under 60 who do not receive a disability premium.
Sources:
Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry August 2001.
Working Families' Tax Credit Statistics Quarterly Enquiry May 2001.
§ Richard BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit claimants in Birmingham, Northfield are not in receipt of income support but are in receipt of(a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit. [19386]
§ Malcolm WicksThe available information is in the table.
Total housing benefit and council tax benefit case load in the Birmingham city council area where the recipient is not in receipt of income support or jobseeker's allowance1 Local authority Number of cases Birmingham Total housing benefit cases not in receipt of income support/jobseeker's allowance1 23,390 Total council tax benefit cases not in receipt of income support/jobseeker's allowance1 34,400 1 Income based Notes:
1. The data refer to benefit claims, which may be a single person or a couple
2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 cases
3. The table also includes people not receiving jobseeker's allowance (income based), due to insufficient data we are unable to exclude these cases
4. Figures are only available by local authority area
Source:
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System Quarterly 100 per cent. case load stock-count taken in May 2001
§ Richard BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Birmingham, Northfield claim the minimum income guarantee. [19387]
§ Mr. McCartneyAs at May 2001 there were 3,000 minimum income guarantee recipients in the Birmingham, Northfield constituency.
§ Richard BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in Birmingham, Northfield have children in receipt of free school meals. [19383]
§ Mr. TimmsI have been asked to reply.
115WInformation on free school meals is not available in the form requested.
The number of children known to be eligible for free school meals in maintained nursery, maintained primary, maintained secondary and special schools in the parliamentary constituency of Birmingham, Northfield as at January 2000 was 4,305.