§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the number of children in(a) South Tyneside and (b) South Shields constituency who were receiving Child Benefit in (i) 1997 and
73W(ii) 2001; what the rates of benefit were; and what the average annual income from Child Benefit was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2001 for those areas. [154437]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.
South Tyneside South Shields August 1999 Number of children 19,810 10,475 Average weekly amount per family (£) 21.17 21.35 November 2000 Number of children 19,474 10,358 Average weekly amount per family (£) 22.56 22.67 Notes:
- 1. Figures are from a 100 per cent. extract of the Child Benefit Centre Computer System.
- 2. Information from before 1999 is not available on this basis.
- 3. The average annual income from Child Benefit is not available.
- 4. Average weekly amounts are based on Child Benefit, Guardians Allowance and Child Benefit (Lone Parent). We are not able to split them into the individual components.
- 5. Cases are allocated to each parliamentary constituency by matching the postcode against the relevant (ie 1999 or 2000 versions 1 or 2) of the ONS Postcode Directory. Constituency boundaries are represented as at May 1997.
The rates of Child Benefit were as follows:
April 1999—£14.40 eldest child and £9.60 subsequent children.
April 2000—£15.00 eldest child and £10.00 subsequent children.