§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications for carers allowance (formerly invalid care allowance) have been refused in(a) Angus and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years. [62387]
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§ Maria EagleThe information is not available in the format requested.
§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in(a) Angus and (b) Scotland were in receipt of (i) carers allowance (formerly invalid care allowance) and (ii) both carers allowance and income support in each of the last five years. [62391]
§ Maria EagleInformation on the number of Invalid Care Allowance recipients, broken down by area, is available only from 2001. At 31 December 2001 there were about 37,100 recipients in Scotland and 465 in Angus. The numbers of Income Support recipients who also receive Invalid Care Allowance is in the table.
Numbers of Income Support recipients in Scotland and Angus who also receive Invalid Care Allowance1,2 Angus Parliamentary Constituency3 Scotland Government Office Region February 1998 200 17,900 February 1999 200 17,600 February 2000 200 18,800 February 2001 200 19,700 February 2002 300 20,600 Notes: 1 Figures include cases where the partner of an Income Support recipient is in receipt of Invalid Care Allowance. 2 Figures are based on a five per cent. sample, which is subject to sampling variation, and rounded to the nearest hundred. Those for Angus are based on a very small sample and provide only a general indication of the numbers of recipients in that area. 3Parliamentary constituencies are defined using the relevant ONS postcode directory and are based on the May 1997 boundaries. Source: Income Support Quarterly Statistical Enquiries, February 1998 to February 2002.