HC Deb 03 November 2003 vol 412 cc474-5W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners with dependent children were receiving the Minimum Income Guarantee in 2002–03. [135214]

Malcolm Wicks

At the date of the final quarterly survey in 2002–03, the number of claimants receiving the Minimum Income Guarantee with dependants under the age of 19 was 28,600.

Notes:

  1. 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred
  2. 2. Figures are based on a 5 per cent. sample, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
  3. 3. MIG recipients are defined as Income Support benefit units where the claimant. and/or partner is aged 60 or over.

Source:

IAD Information Centre, 5 per cent sample, February 2003