§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many children living in households with 465W an income of less than 60 per cent. of the median have a parent in receipt of (a) Incapacity Benefit and (b) Severe Disablement Allowance; [144108]
(2) what percentage of households with children in which an adult is in receipt of (a) Incapacity Benefit and (b) Severe Disablement Allowance have an income of less than 60 per cent. of the median. [144109]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the tables.
The number of children living in families with less than 60 per cent. median income where at least one parent is in receipt of Incapacity Benefit (IB) Benefit (IB) Million Before Housing Costs 0.2 After Housing Costs 0.2
The proportion of children, among those with at least one parent in receipt of Incapacity Benefit, living in households in which income is less than 60 per cent. of median Benefit (IB) Percentage Before Housing Costs 35 After Housing Costs 43 Notes:
1. Owing to very small sample sizes, reliable population estimates based on receipt of Severe Disablement Allowance do not exist.
2. All figures are estimates and are taken from the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data set which is derived from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). The FRS does not include Northern Ireland, and 1998–99 is the latest year for which data are available.
3. The estimates are sample counts, which have been adjusted for non-response using multipurpose grossing factors that control for region, Council Tax band and a number of other demographic variables. Estimates are subject to both sampling error and to variability in non-response. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 100,000 and proportions to the nearest per cent.
4. The income measure used is weekly net (disposable) equivalised household income (that is to say income that is adjusted to reflect the composition of the household).
5. For those receiving disability benefits, no allowance has been made for the extra costs that may be incurred owing to the illness or disability. In these families, the measure of income may not be such a good guide to their living standards.
6. The estimates are presented on both a Before Housing Costs (BHC) and an After Housing Costs (AHC) basis in line with HBAI conventions.
Source:
Family Resources Survey 1998–99.
§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the number of children who are in families which have been dependent on income support for(a) more than one year and (b) more than two years; if he will provide separate estimates for one-parent families and two-parent families; and if he will estimate, for each family type, the number of such children who are aged (i) 0–4, (ii) 5–10, (iii) 11–15 and (iv) 16 years and above. [144363]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information requested is contained in the Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiry, August 2000, a copy of which is in the Library.