HC Deb 20 March 2002 vol 382 c426W
Mr. Salmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of pensioners who are entitled to support claim the minimum income guarantee. [36407]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

Estimates of the proportion of pensioners who are entitled to and claim the minimum income guarantee are published in Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up. A copy of the latest publication covering financial year 1999–2000 is in the Library. Estimates of take-up of the minimum income guarantee are subject to greater uncertainty than other published take-up estimates; research is under way to improve the precision of estimates.

The take-up campaign launched in May 2000 attracted over 127,000 successful claims for the minimum income guarantee.

Norman Lamb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of pensioners in(a) the North Norfolk constituency and (b) England claim the minimum income guarantee. [43696]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

[holding answer 15 March 2002]: The information requested is in the table.

MIG claimants in North Norfolk and England by percentage relevant population—November 2001
Area Number of MIG claimants (Thousand) Percentage population aged 60 and over
North Norfolk parliamentary constituency 3,400
North Norfolk LA 3,400 11.0
England 1,459,200 14.3

Area Number of MIG beneficiaries (Thousand) Percentage population aged 60 and over
North Norfolk parliamentary constituency 3,900
North Norfolk LA 3,900 12.5
England 1,622,800 15.9

Mrs. Irene Adams

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioner households are benefiting from the minimum income guarantee. [43979]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

As at November 20001, there were 1,741,300 pensioner households benefiting from the minimum income guarantee in Great Britain.

Source:

Income Support Statistics Quarterly Enquiry, November 2001.

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