Minimum Income Guarantee (Hansard, 18 January 2001)

HC Deb 18 January 2001 vol 361 cc385-6W 386W

§ Mr. O'Hara
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many retirement pensioners are receiving the minimum income guarantee in(a) Great Britain, (b) each region of Great Britain and (c) each parliamentary constituency. [145110]

§ Mr. Rooker
[holding answer 15 January 2001]: The information has been placed in the Library.

§ Mr. Swinney
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the administration costs of the minimum income guarantee have been for each year for which figures are available [146089]

§ Mr. Rooker
Administration costs for the minimum income guarantee (MIG), which is paid through income support, are not collated separately from other forms of income support.