§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many women pensioners were means-tested in(a) 1997 and (b) 2002. [144481]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information is not available in the format requested. The following figures include both single women and women who are partners of recipients.
In May 1997 there were 1,350,100 women aged 60 or over receiving income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance, family credit and disability working allowance. In addition, it is probable that there were some other women who received housing benefit or council tax benefit but we are unable to estimate how many.
In May 2002 there were 1,341,400 women aged 60 or over receiving minimum income guarantee and income-based jobseeker's allowance. Including those who were receiving housing benefit and council tax benefit the number was 2,140,000.
Notes:
- 1. Figures subject to a degree of sampling variation.
- 2. 1,350,100 rounded to the nearest hundred.
- 3. 2,140,000 rounded to the nearest ten thousand.
- 4. Council tax benefit totals exclude any second adult rebate cases.
Housing benefit figures exclude any extended payment cases.- 5. Overlaps between benefits have been removed.
Source:
IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent. samples IS and JSA, 1 per cent. samples HB/CTB, and 100 per cent. sample DWA.