§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many 'widowers whose spouse died prior to 9 April 2001, were eligible for the widowed parent's allowance at the time of its introduction; and how many of them have received the benefit; [40455]
(2) how many fathers with dependent children have been widowed since 9 April 2001; and how many of them have received the widowed parent's allowance. [40456]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information requested is not available but such information as we do have is shown in the table.
Men with dependent children widowed prior to the commencement of bereavement benefits on 9 April 2001 became eligible for widowed parents allowance from that date, subject to the normal conditions of entitlement. Such men whose awards were in payment at the date of the scan will be included in these figures.
Widows parent's allowance recipients, 30 September 2001 Thousands Thousands All recipients 8.6 Male recipients 6.3 Notes:
1. The figures are rounded to the nearest hundred.
2. All data from 5 per cent. samples are subject to sampling error.
Source:
5 per cent. sample from the Pension Strategy Computer System as at 30 September 2001.